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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Persistent difficulties in acquisition and use of language across modalities (spoken, written, sign, or other) due to deficits in comprehension or production, including reduced vocabulary, limited sentence structure, and impairments in discourse
Core criterion B
Language abilities substantially and quantifiably below expected for age, resulting in functional limitations in effective communication, social participation, academic achievement, or occupational performance
Core criterion C
Onset in the early developmental period
Core criterion D
Difficulties not attributable to hearing/sensory impairment, motor dysfunction, or another medical or neurological condition; not better explained by intellectual disability or global developmental delay
Consistent with [Language Disorder] [specifier(s)]. Since the early developmental period, there have been persistent difficulties in the acquisition and use of language manifested by reduced vocabulary; limited sentence structure; impaired discourse abilities, forming a pattern substantially below that expected for age and developmental level and not attributable to lack of exposure or opportunity. The presentation is further characterised by language deficits evident across settings, stable over time rather than episodic, and affecting both expressive and receptive domains. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant impairment in social, academic, occupational, or adaptive functioning, and the difficulties are not better explained by hearing impairment, intellectual disability, global developmental delay, ASD, neurological disease, or another mental disorder.
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