Does anyone else have problems using the left side of their bodies? I'm interested in finding out more about NVLD Non Verbal Learning Disorder?
If you haven't heard of it...
An extract from the following website:
What Is Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD)?
Someone with nonverbal learning disabilities may have difficulty with the following tasks:
- Gripping a pencil
- Tying shoelaces
- Using scissors
- Throwing a ball
- Riding a bike
- Avoiding bumping into things
- Recalling visual information
- Staying focused on a task
- Multitasking
- Planning ahead
- Staying organized
- Writing essays
- Telling stories
- Taking notes
- Drawing geometric shapes
- Understanding fractions
- Solving math problems
- Deciphering graphs or maps
- Interpreting social cues
- Evaluating new circumstances
- Reading facial expressions and body language
- Understanding humor, idioms, and sarcasm
- Making friends
As a result of their symptoms, children with nonverbal learning disabilities may feel isolated and marginalized, and face social barriers well into adulthood.
Nonverbal learning disability is classified as a neurodevelopmental condition that is believed to stem from a dysfunction in the right hemisphere of the brain. Abnormalities in the white matter of the brain can hamper the transmission of neurological signals in this region, resulting in the symptoms of this condition.
Nonverbal learning disability is therefore characterized by difficulty with right-brain tasks and relative ease with left-brain tasks.
