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Similarities Between AS & NLD


The overlap between NLD and AS is significant and many fall into a category that is somewhere on the spectrum between NLD and AS.

  • often struggle in reading subtle social cues and have trouble fitting in with their peers

  • have highly developed vocabulary but have difficulty using language to interact

  • understand the content of the words but often miss the emotional implications language can have

  • language is used to tell others things or speak in a monologue instead

  • usually talk at people, not with them

  • trouble monitoring their speech prosody (tone, volume and the speed of their delivery)

  • do not easily comprehend metaphor, analogy, nuance, sarcasm, and humor

  • sensitivity to sound, touch, and visual stimuli

  • have difficulties with executive functioning (planning, organizing, and integration of thinking)

  • can have Dysgraphia (difficulty producing written words)

  • problems taking action and following through with problem solving

  • have trouble understanding cause and effect and therefore cannot predict consequences

The Differences Between AS & NLD

                     Learn about AS

                     Learn about NLD

 
For Additional Information
For an applications to Transitions@LifeWorks, please contact Program Director, Linda Walsh walshl@lifeworkssc.org or 707-568-2300 x 16


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