Originally Posted by marytheres
My understanding is that Aspergers may have high levels of vocabulary and speech but the delay is in the pragmatic aspect of speech. That is, they are not delayed and even advanced (often highly advaniced) in speaking and in vocabulary but they can not converse. Rather "talk at" people - go on and on about things no one else is interested in with no "back and forth".

To compound confusion... that seems to describe 80% of the people I encounter on a daily basis.