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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 656392" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. I am sorry you are going through this. </p><p></p><p>I have a non-verbal learning disability as well. My verbal IQ is in the superior range (easy for me to job interview and get hired) but my performance level learning ability is 85, below average. It is quite a dilemma as far as learning in school and at work and keeping a job. I've had about fifty jobs in my life and kept losing jobs. At age 50 the Dept. of Workforce Development finally sent me for testing and diagnosed this and I qualified for Disability and job placement services even with a job coach. I jumped at it.</p><p></p><p>Your son needs to want the help. It is there. It wasn't there when I was young, but it is now. If he refuses all help, you have no choice but to do what you have to do and if that means making him leave unless he goes to a neuropsychologist to get tested and possibly apply for Disability and work services, then that's what you have to do. You don't help him by letting him wallow in pity. I have a twenty one year old son who DOES have high functioning autism (the two are very much alike) and my son is working part time, living alone, and very independent and gets more independent every day. I am his payee because he is bad with money and he accepts that cheerfully.</p><p></p><p>Having a disability does not mean you can't work. It means you may need a little more help, but you will get it if you truly have a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD). That was considered for me a cognitive disablity not otherwise specified, which does not mean I have a low IQ. It means I learn differently and could use a hand up. I had not gone to Workforce Development to get diagnosed. I went to find yet another job that I was afraid I'd fail at. They insisted I be tested first and I got Disability, which shocked me. But it has helped open doors for me I didn't know existed.</p><p></p><p>If your son refuses help...do what you must to get him launched. You can't support him all his life when he doesn't even try.</p><p></p><p>You may want to repost on the Parent Emeritus forum. Those parents, including me, are parents of children who are adults...eighteen and over.</p><p></p><p>Glad to "meet" you but sorry you have to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 656392, member: 1550"] Hi. I am sorry you are going through this. I have a non-verbal learning disability as well. My verbal IQ is in the superior range (easy for me to job interview and get hired) but my performance level learning ability is 85, below average. It is quite a dilemma as far as learning in school and at work and keeping a job. I've had about fifty jobs in my life and kept losing jobs. At age 50 the Dept. of Workforce Development finally sent me for testing and diagnosed this and I qualified for Disability and job placement services even with a job coach. I jumped at it. Your son needs to want the help. It is there. It wasn't there when I was young, but it is now. If he refuses all help, you have no choice but to do what you have to do and if that means making him leave unless he goes to a neuropsychologist to get tested and possibly apply for Disability and work services, then that's what you have to do. You don't help him by letting him wallow in pity. I have a twenty one year old son who DOES have high functioning autism (the two are very much alike) and my son is working part time, living alone, and very independent and gets more independent every day. I am his payee because he is bad with money and he accepts that cheerfully. Having a disability does not mean you can't work. It means you may need a little more help, but you will get it if you truly have a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD). That was considered for me a cognitive disablity not otherwise specified, which does not mean I have a low IQ. It means I learn differently and could use a hand up. I had not gone to Workforce Development to get diagnosed. I went to find yet another job that I was afraid I'd fail at. They insisted I be tested first and I got Disability, which shocked me. But it has helped open doors for me I didn't know existed. If your son refuses help...do what you must to get him launched. You can't support him all his life when he doesn't even try. You may want to repost on the Parent Emeritus forum. Those parents, including me, are parents of children who are adults...eighteen and over. Glad to "meet" you but sorry you have to come. [/QUOTE]
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