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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 313899" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I have a severe non-verbal learning disability. I'm going to explain it the best I can in the way that it was explained to me. I apologize if there are errors in my explanation. This is how I understood it. </p><p></p><p> When they test for a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), they are looking for a big discrepancy between one's verbal and one's performance IQ. I have a verbal IQ of nearly 120 and a performance level IQ of only 85. That is a 35 point difference, which is very significant. Twenty points is considered important, with the <u><em><strong>verbal </strong></em><em><strong>being higher</strong></em></u>. That's the key. What does that mean for the child?</p><p></p><p>What happens is, the person/child is very verbally astute. He sounds either bright to brilliant and has NO TROUBLE explaining anything. Often he has an excellent vocabulary, good reading, writing and spelling skills, and gives good speeches. Trouble remembering what you read is NOT a non-verbal learning disability because...</p><p></p><p>A NON-VERBAL learning disability is one where you have trouble with non-verbal tasks. Examples: I have always done well at job interviews. Potential bosses were impressed by my verbal intelligence so I would almost always get hired and the company thought it got a real a "find" haha...but...</p><p></p><p>I couldn't PERFORM up to my verbal level. In fact, I would have trouble just transposing a letter because I'd be spacing out while I typed and I'd skip a line. And I'd even screw up filing due to trouble focusing, which is part of my non-verbal problem. I'd also get confused doing factory work. I couldn't figure out how to put things together (still can't) regardless of how many times I was shown. Non-verbal stuff confuses me to this day. I can't figure out how to read a map or find my way out of a maze if I get lost. I have spatial orientation problems so I stink at math which is common with NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD).</p><p></p><p>I actually think having a verbal disability is more debilitating than a performance deficit because there are very few jobs for those who are extremely verbally adept, but can't figure out how to do things. I hope I explained this well. Reading issues are more often due to visual memory or comprehension issues or dyslexia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 313899, member: 1550"] I have a severe non-verbal learning disability. I'm going to explain it the best I can in the way that it was explained to me. I apologize if there are errors in my explanation. This is how I understood it. When they test for a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), they are looking for a big discrepancy between one's verbal and one's performance IQ. I have a verbal IQ of nearly 120 and a performance level IQ of only 85. That is a 35 point difference, which is very significant. Twenty points is considered important, with the [U][I][B]verbal [/B][/I][I][B]being higher[/B][/I][/U]. That's the key. What does that mean for the child? What happens is, the person/child is very verbally astute. He sounds either bright to brilliant and has NO TROUBLE explaining anything. Often he has an excellent vocabulary, good reading, writing and spelling skills, and gives good speeches. Trouble remembering what you read is NOT a non-verbal learning disability because... A NON-VERBAL learning disability is one where you have trouble with non-verbal tasks. Examples: I have always done well at job interviews. Potential bosses were impressed by my verbal intelligence so I would almost always get hired and the company thought it got a real a "find" haha...but... I couldn't PERFORM up to my verbal level. In fact, I would have trouble just transposing a letter because I'd be spacing out while I typed and I'd skip a line. And I'd even screw up filing due to trouble focusing, which is part of my non-verbal problem. I'd also get confused doing factory work. I couldn't figure out how to put things together (still can't) regardless of how many times I was shown. Non-verbal stuff confuses me to this day. I can't figure out how to read a map or find my way out of a maze if I get lost. I have spatial orientation problems so I stink at math which is common with NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD). I actually think having a verbal disability is more debilitating than a performance deficit because there are very few jobs for those who are extremely verbally adept, but can't figure out how to do things. I hope I explained this well. Reading issues are more often due to visual memory or comprehension issues or dyslexia. [/QUOTE]
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