Language Impairment

Ontario Ministry of Education Definition

Language Impairment:

A learning disorder characterized by an impairment in comprehension and/or the use of verbal communication or the written or other symbol system of communication, which may be associated with neurological, psychological, physical, or sensory factors, and which may:

a. involve one or more of the form, content, and function of language in communication; and

b. include one or more of: language delay; dysfluency; voice and articulation development, which may or may not be organically or functionally based.