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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 38335" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I have a severe NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) (verbal IQ upwards of 120, performance level IQ of around 85) and my MRI brain scan came back normal. They can't spot these things on scans yet. A few quirky doctors claim they can--I'd personally not waste my money. Maybe one day they'll figure out how to do it. A NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) has many aspects of Aspergers so your child may do well with autism intervetnions, especially in social situations; you don't read social cues well with a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD). You also sound brilliant (verbally astute), but often you can't deliver performance-wise, and this can be a problem when you apply for a job. I disagree wholeheartedly and completely with your Psychiatrist. A neuropsychologist is the best one to diagnose a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) because they run hours of specific tests--they did for me AND my son. If not for the neuropsychologist testing, we wouldn't have really known what was going on with either of us. None of our Psychiatrists (and, since I also have bipolar I've had a lot) caught onto the significance of the IQ disparity in my functionality, and they screwed up with my son too, calling him bipolar, when he clearly is just "quirky" (which can cause a psychiatrist to label a person with a psychiatric disorder). A university medical center often has neuropsychologist's on staff that don't cost as much or are covered by insurance. We were lucky enough to get 100% coverage and we used the University of Wisconsin facilities. The neuropsychologist had worked at Mayo Clinic for ten years and was so intensive and conscientious about diagnosing that it blew my mind. Reading books on NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD)/Aspergers are good. Although those with just NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD)'s tend to act more social and be more animated, which was why I dodged the Aspergers diagnosis, we still have terrible problems reading social cues, "getting" social norms, and understanding "typical" interaction so it's good to get a younger child started in social skills classes and other interventions. Good luck. (As a child I met all the ODD criteria too, but ODD is rarely a stand alone--it is usually due to another, bigger disorder that causes a frustrated child to be oppositional.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 38335, member: 1550"] I have a severe NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) (verbal IQ upwards of 120, performance level IQ of around 85) and my MRI brain scan came back normal. They can't spot these things on scans yet. A few quirky doctors claim they can--I'd personally not waste my money. Maybe one day they'll figure out how to do it. A NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) has many aspects of Aspergers so your child may do well with autism intervetnions, especially in social situations; you don't read social cues well with a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD). You also sound brilliant (verbally astute), but often you can't deliver performance-wise, and this can be a problem when you apply for a job. I disagree wholeheartedly and completely with your Psychiatrist. A neuropsychologist is the best one to diagnose a NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) because they run hours of specific tests--they did for me AND my son. If not for the neuropsychologist testing, we wouldn't have really known what was going on with either of us. None of our Psychiatrists (and, since I also have bipolar I've had a lot) caught onto the significance of the IQ disparity in my functionality, and they screwed up with my son too, calling him bipolar, when he clearly is just "quirky" (which can cause a psychiatrist to label a person with a psychiatric disorder). A university medical center often has neuropsychologist's on staff that don't cost as much or are covered by insurance. We were lucky enough to get 100% coverage and we used the University of Wisconsin facilities. The neuropsychologist had worked at Mayo Clinic for ten years and was so intensive and conscientious about diagnosing that it blew my mind. Reading books on NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD)/Aspergers are good. Although those with just NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD)'s tend to act more social and be more animated, which was why I dodged the Aspergers diagnosis, we still have terrible problems reading social cues, "getting" social norms, and understanding "typical" interaction so it's good to get a younger child started in social skills classes and other interventions. Good luck. (As a child I met all the ODD criteria too, but ODD is rarely a stand alone--it is usually due to another, bigger disorder that causes a frustrated child to be oppositional.) [/QUOTE]
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