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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From Wrights Law:  Speech or language impairment.  Disability category under IDEA; includes [b]communication disorders[/b], language impairments, voice impairments that adversely educational performance. - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/links/glossary.sped.legal.htm#sthash.tJ3gdCIv.dpuf

From the Dept. of Ed
"Speech or language impairment means a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child's educational performance."
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,regs,300,A,300%252E8,

MERLD was never a language impairment when it existed in the DSM.   Your kids have communication disorders and you don't even know it.  Ignorance is bliss.[/quote]

Doesn't that Dept of Ed quote say a language impairment is a communication disorder such as a language impairment that adversely affects educational performance?  Not very helpful.  As language is a major way of communicating it is not surprising that a language impairment could be viewed as a communication disorder.  And the old MERLD was definitely a language disorder.[/quote]

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