Amimia

Amimia is the inability to communicate using non-verbal means such as gestures or signs. This condition is typically caused by brain injury or brain disease. Individuals with amimia cannot use non-verbal gestures to communicate ideas such as through sign language or gesturing. It can also refer to individuals who cannot convey information using facial expressions (such as smiling) because of facial paralysis like sufferers of Bell's palsy.

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