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Disability Portfolio
Successes
and Challenges
to Language DevelopmentFall
2015
Cognitive
Communicatio
Social/
Physical
Sensory
n
Emotional
Linguistic
Disability Neurodevelop Limited/absent
Limited
May appear to Process certain stimuli
profile:
mental
verbal
initiation of
be low
differently; Senses
disorder with
language;
social
functioning,
come at them all at
a biological
difficulties
interaction;
but that is
once constantly
basis.
understanding
Delayed social deceiving.
overwhelmed by the
body language; interaction.
stimuli they are
literal
Echolalia
receiving. May rock
understanding
have
back and forth while
of language.
immediate or
covering ears.
Produce first
delayed
word around 38 imitations.
months (slightly Have a lot of
delayed).
difficulty with
Difficulty
expressing
producing
emotions.
consonant
sounds.
Impact
It is hard to
Their
Need more
May move a lot Makes it hard to focus
on oral
focus and
expressive
encouragemen and have
on what a person
and
communicatio vocabulary isnt t to reach full
atypical facial
wants to express;
written
n skills dont
as strong as
potential and
features
whether it is oral or
language development
their receptive
meet people.
however, they written.
develop
normally.
vocabulary in
can also look
ment:
some cases but
almost
most have
completely
about the same
typical.
amount.
Difficulty with
consonant
sounds means
they will try to
communicate
with highpitched sounds.
Some are
nonverbal and
may need an
AAC.