Social Learning Disability/Difference

Synonyms

Autism spectrum disorder

Definition

The term social learning disability/differences was coined by Volkmar (2016) as a way to more simply explain the nature of autism/Asperger’s disorder/autism spectrum disorder. It was also chosen as a non-prerogative term that readily conveyed way to play problems/differences in social learning in the broader context of learning disabilities. This has some practical advantages in countries like the USA which strongly emphasize inclusion of individuals with learning problems in ongoing community life and occupation.

Terms like learning disability or learning disorder have commonly been used in English-speaking countries tor effete to a range of problem in various areas such as reading, writing, math, spelling, organization (executive functioning), and so forth (O’Brien and Pearson 2004). The literature on these disabilities/differences is relatively large and complex and the ways in which these problems have been defined both diagnostically...