Next week I will be giving a talk at the LDA conference in Orlando. For those who can’t make it, here is the outline:
My talk at LDA Orlando: On being gifted and LD: Twice as weird with extra fun!
February 11, 2016 by 1 Comment
The cult of mastery
February 10, 2016 by
There is a saying “anything worth doing is worth doing well”. OK. That’s nice. But is it really true? I’d say “only sometimes”. Sometimes it’s false.
Book review: Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-verbal Learning Disabilities by Yvona Fast
February 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Whether you or your child has AS or NLD, you are probably concerned about employment and career. Parents, even of young children with LD, express concern about what the child will “do” as an adult.
Book review: It’s so much work to be your friend by Rick LaVoie
February 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This is a great book. I’ve read many books about LD. I even wrote one book about LD! Many of the books are good. Many offer advice to parents or teachers or kids. But rarely, if ever, have I found an author that gets it. Rick LaVoie does. He gets what it’s like to be […]
Some thoughts on sequencing
January 31, 2016 by 6 Comments
Many LD people have trouble with the sequencing of tasks. One sort of problem is simply remembering what order to do the things we do every day. Some people suggest putting up signs that say things like: Brush teeth, take shower, dry off, get dressed, pack bookbag …. and so on. If that works for […]
I was interviewed by Understood!
January 19, 2016 by
The latest news is that I was interviewed by Understood.org. You can read the interview here
My book is now available on Amazon
January 6, 2016 by
My book Screwed up somehow but not Stupid is now available on Amazon. It is also available on Barnes and Noble and Powells. (This is the same book as the one on the side of this site, but now in book format). It’s a little bit about me, but mostly about nonverbal learning disabilities and […]
The LDs we don’t know about
December 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The best known learning disability is almost certainly dyslexia. Many have heard of dyscalculia as well (although it did get a red squiggle indicating a misspelling). There’s the LD I have – nonverbal LD – which is even less known. And there are LDs like dyspraxia. But what about LDs we haven’t discovered yet?
When things don’t match: What’s the real stressor?
February 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
People with nonverbal learning disabilities often have problems where it is hard to identify the real cause. When the person is a child, it may be even harder for parents or teachers to identify the real stressor. NVLDers often don’t know what they have done wrong or what is causing them problems. This is because […]
Ask the kid!
November 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I hear and see a lot of people asking questions about their child’s behavior without asking the child about the child’s behavior. Now, it is possible that a child does not know why she is acting in a particular way, or what is stressing him out about a particular situation, but surely that is the […]
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