Living With a Nonverbal Learning Disorder: A Personal Story
Abby Bell is a young adult with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD, or nonverbal learning disorder) and ADHD. But it took a long road for her to learn exactly why she struggled. Misdiagnosed...
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I was about 3 years old when I was initially diagnosed with learning disabilities.I was, I mean I'm an extrovert, so naturally I'm very chatty.So I would say things maybe that weren't exactly right time. In social situations,I would get more emotional. If there was conflict, I was very uncomfortable to thepoint of tears. So over a three-year process my parents found out that I wasdiagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's. And then, as I kind of grew older and, youknow, grew as a person and, you know, tried different learning styles andexperiences, we found that maybe Asperger's was not the right diagnosis.So, when I was 18 years old, I was reevaluated, and it came to that I still had ADHD, butinstead of Asperger's I have a no...
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I was about 3 years old when I was initially diagnosed with learning disabilities.I was, I mean I'm an extrovert, so naturally I'm very chatty.So I would say things maybe that weren't exactly right time. In social situations,I would get more emotional. If there was conflict, I was very uncomfortable to thepoint of tears. So over a three-year process my parents found out that I wasdiagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's. And then, as I kind of grew older and, youknow, grew as a person and, you know, tried different learning styles andexperiences, we found that maybe Asperger's was not the right diagnosis.So, when I was 18 years old, I was reevaluated, and it came to that I still had ADHD, butinstead of Asperger's I have a no...
