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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It it's important to point out to MERLD-mad mom that the new definition of Language Disorder that replaces MERLD does not now exclude autism.  This is because when DSM-IV released in 1994 it was assumed that all language difficulties in autistic children was caused by the autism itself.

Now it is believed that autistic language deficiencies are primarily social pragmatic in nature, but there is also a high comorbidity with a variety of other communication and developmental disorders such as Language Disorder, ADHD, OCD, SLDs and Tourette's Syndrome.[/quote]

And, this comment has what to do with MERLD?  [/quote]

Corrects the misinformation that a diagnosis of MERLD, aka Language Disorder, still excludes ASD, which is something one particular poster has been insisting on.[/quote]

No it does not and someone is spewing "facts" about MERLD that make sense for MERLD children basically placing them with autism and social communication issues when that is not the primary issue.  [b]MERLD and Autism are very different in nature [/b]and how children present.  Children with MERLD do not have pragmatic issues but their social skills can be impacted by language. [b] My child understands kindness, empathy and all the social constructs of how to act.  He also does his best to do so given his challenges. [/b] He doesn't need pragmatic assistance or social skills classes.[/quote]

Would it help you to understand if you thought of ASD as MERLD+?  Kids with ASD frequently have receptive and expressive language deficits, just like kids with MERLD. Kids with ASD also have social skills issues and repetitive behaviors/restricted interests.  It's language issues plus the other two things.

BTW,  it is a myth that kids with ASD don't understand kindness and don't have empathy.  They usually have both. They aren't sociopaths. They often have problems perceiving emotions in others correctly. They often have difficulty reading facial expressions and body language. When they learn to do that, they have the same amount of empathy as kids who don't have an ASD.  They may also have to be taught explicitly how to express that empathy and how to act kindly, but it isn't from lacking empathy.
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:roll:   ASD is different.  It is not MERLD and it is not MERLD+.  [b]ASD is about social communication, which is part of language but very different than expressive and receptive issues.[/b]  Of course ASD kids are not sociopaths.  However, some have pragmatic issues, that MERLD kids do not.  They are very different language based issues and very different overall diagnosis.  Why the need to say that they are basically the same.  They are not even close.[/quote]

This is so not true.  MERLD and other language disorders are part of the broad autism phenotype. They share the same genetic causes.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131030092904.htm[/quote]

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