 Quote by tgt
So you have AS. Language development in people with HFA is slow and so speech and vocab are not as good as others which results in them being a bad communicator especially in social situations.
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In HFA, language skills often develop to the same level as in AS, just at a later age.
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How is it that AS people develop speech normally and can even have a good vocab and language skills be so bad in social situations and in communicating with people? It doesn't make much sense.
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Because social interaction is not based purely on verbal comprehension. There is nonverbal communication as well, in addition to a whole slew of arcane social nuances that most with AS don't understand. In addition, language tends to be used idiosyncratically, and often in a more formal manner that would impede social communication which of its nature tends to be more informal.