Talking with others is central to many areas of daily living, including one’s professional, educational, family or social life, and for most people this ability to talk is a taken-for-granted competence. Many individuals, however, have an atypical capacity for talking within everyday social interactions. This book contains a collection of empirical studies of ‘Atypical interaction’, that is naturally-occurring conversation or other forms of social interaction where at least one of the participants has a communicative impairment which impacts upon the interaction. These impairments are linked to particular conditions or disabilities, including (To mention...