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[quote=Anonymous]It's weird that you [i]just[/i] received a MERLD diagnosis.  It's no longer in the current DSM and is covered by these categories:

--Language Impairment
--Late Language Emergence
--Specific Language Impairment
--Social Communication Disorder
--Voice Disorder

We were diagnosed with MERLD under the previous DSM.  You can definitely have it with or without being on the spectrum.  Language Impairment and Specific Language Impairment are so broad and lump in a lot of things in the current DSM.

You might find reading up on Social Communication (Pragmatics) Disorder helpful:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/communication-disorders/understanding-social-communication-disorder

and Language Disorders:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/communication-disorders/understanding-language-disorders

My guess would be on a practical level, your kid might have trouble with back and forth conversations, particularly with peers.  Kids who fit the MERLD profile have difficulty tracking what others are saying as well as simultaneously processing what they want to say.  Your kid may also have difficulty with group sports, like soccer--where there are a lot of other bodies, the ball, the coach.  Your kid may also have difficulty organizing his thoughts to paper, organizing paragraphs for example.  (A lot of these issues are also present in kids with ADHD.)

A lot of these issues are related to executive function and processing.  So if your kid has ADHD and dyslexia, it doesn't surprise me that he has MERLD.  I just find it surprising that the psychologist gave this diagnosis now and wondering if it was a private or school testing.[/quote]

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