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For example, symptoms may be absent during reading or singing but present in
casual conversation with others. It may be accompanied by motor movements, such as
shaking of lips or face and eye blinks.
2.1.4 Social communication disorder (SCD)
Social communication disorder (SCD) is characterized primarily by deficits in
pragmatics which is the area of linguistics that has to do with how meaning is created
and interpreted in verbal and nonverbal communication. Children with this disorder
have difficulties adjusting their behavior to social context. They are unable to match
their communication with listener’s needs.
Meanwhile, they have troubles understanding implicit meanings such as those
used of humor and metaphors. Social communication disorder will cause children with
this disorder have difficulties following the ordinary conventions of taking turns when
speaking.
If a child able to grasp multiple communication and linguistic skills, but it
seems difficult to apply these skills in certain social situations, they may be suffering
from SCD. A child who has SCD would have a delay in reaching language milestones
and lack of interest in social interaction. They rarely begin a social interaction with
others or giving respond abnormally when they are forced to social. Social
communication disorder could affect various types of verbal and nonverbal
communication such as gesture, written, spoken and sign language.
2.1.5 Unspecified Communication Disorder (UCD)
DSM-5 showed that unspecified communication disorder diagnosis assigned to
individual who are experiencing symptoms of communication disorder. The
unspecified communication disorder category is used in situations in which the
clinician chooses not to specify the reason that the criteria are not met for
communication disorder or for a specific neurodevelopmental disorder.
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