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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 social use of verbal/nonverbal communication; ≥1 of: deficits in using communication for social purposes; inability to change communication to match context; difficulty following rules for conversations and storytelling; difficulty understanding what is not explicitly stated
Core criterion B
Deficits result in functional limitations in effective communication, social participation, social relationships, academic achievement, or occupational performance
Core criterion C
Onset in the early developmental period
Core criterion D
Symptoms not attributable to another medical/neurological condition or low abilities in word structure/grammar; not better explained by ASD, intellectual disability, global developmental delay, or another mental disorder
Consistent with [Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder] [specifier(s)]. Since the early developmental period, there have been persistent difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication including deficits in using communication for social purposes; impaired ability to change communication to match context or listener needs; difficulties following rules for conversation and storytelling; difficulties understanding implicit or nonliteral language, forming a pragmatic communication pattern meeting diagnostic threshold. The presentation is further characterised by onset during development, a stable, non-episodic course, and communication difficulties evident across settings. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant impairment in social participation, academic achievement, or occupational functioning, with language structure and speech sound production otherwise within expected limits, and the pattern is not better explained by ASD, intellectual disability, global developmental delay, hearing impairment, neurological disease, substance effects, or another mental disorder.
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