Friedrich Nietzsche famously said What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. What a crock! What doesn’t kill us leaves us wounded, maimed and scarred. We know, we victims. We know that abuse (whether verbal, sexual, physical or whatever; whether by parents or peers or strangers) leaves scars. Those wounds never heal completely. Some victims cope […]
Learning disabled person? Person with learning disabilities? LDer? What?
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There are some people in the learning disability community (often the ones who insist on calling it a learning difference) who dislike the term “learning disabled person” and prefer “person with learning disability”. They often also object to describing a person as “learning disabled”. As you can tell from my site’s name, I am not […]
Diagnosis – the first thing to do is …..
August 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
You’ve had a baby! Congratulations! Now all the questions that were about the mom-to-be will be about the baby and you and your spouse/partner/whoever will be roundly ignored. And there he or she is: Something like 5 or 10 pounds and a size to fit on your forearm (unless, of course, the baby is NOT […]
When should I leave? (Adventures in NLD land)
August 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
Not only do I have troubles with space, I have troubles with time, as well. What’s “Troubles with Time”? I have no problems telling time. As far as I know, I learned to read a clock at a roughly normal age. But I have trouble knowing when things happened and I have trouble knowing how […]
Where does the sun rise? (Adventures in NLD land)
July 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Way back when I was 10 or so, I took a bunch of psychological tests. One of them was an IQ test – the WISC. These scales certainly have their issues, but they can provide useful information when used properly by experts. One such piece of information is the pattern of subtest scores. Mine was […]
Do we have a toaster oven? (adventures in NLD-land)
July 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
Before reading on, answer me this: Do you have a toaster oven? If so, where is it? And, did you have to go search for it? One day, I was reading a cookbook and I decided to make a toasted sandwich. The book said to cook it in a toaster oven. Hmmm. Do we have […]
The Mountain of Academics when You Have Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
May 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
In this article I introduce the analogy of learning disabilities (or any disability) as a mountain between where you are and where you want to go. In the current article, I discuss academic problems for people with NLD. The mountain of academic problems with nonverbal learning disabilities Many people with nonverbal learning disabilities have few […]
The Mountain of Sensory Overload and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
May 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Introduction In this article, I introduced the idea of nonverbal learning disabilities (or any disability) as a mountain between where you are and where you want to go. In the current article, I will discuss the mountain of sensory overload problems, and ways of coping. Nonverbal learning disabilities and sensory overload Many NLDers have problems […]
The Mountain of Socialization and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Part 2: Ways to cope
May 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In this article I introduced the idea of nonverbal learning disabilities, or any disability, as a mountain between where you are and where you want to go. In this article I discussed socialization skills. In the present article, I will discuss how the mountain analogy can be used to help with these skills. I didn’t […]
The Mountain of Socialization and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Part 1
May 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
Introduction to the NLD Mountain In this article, I introduced the analogy of nonverbal learning disability (or any disability) as a mountain between where you are, and where you want to go. In the next series of articles, I will address five specific problems that many NLDers have, and how they create mountains: Socialization Sensory […]
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