Anyone have both PDD and NLD? - Autism Spectrum Message Board

sross24 · 08-24-2006, 07:34 AM

My daughter's neuropsychologist diagnosed her with last night with PDD-NOS and NLD (nonverbal learning disability). I am very familiar with PDD-NOS as two of my other children have that diagnosis, but not very familiar with NLD yet. If anyone has any info they could give me I would appreciate it.

-Steph

elmhar · 08-24-2006, 01:12 PM

Hi Steph,

Both of my kids have NVLD & I think they got it from me. My National Merit Scholar DD has a 50 point IQ spread between her verbal & nonverbal subset tests in favor of verbal. She is highly successful academically, but struggles with team sports & things that require quick processing of visual-spatial info, like driving. She got her license at age 19 requiring considerable more behind-the-wheel time than average.

My PDD-NOS 16 yo also has NVLD, or NLD as you call it. He's doing well in school, but I think some of his social glitches (figuring appropriate distance, etc.) are related to the NLD. On the other hand, it could be that his ADD interfered when that was tested. I believe he also will be late to acquire his driver's license.

Interestingly, both of my kids are quite good at art & puzzles. As long as they have time & aren't rushed. My son has been labelled artistically gifted. Go figure. I don't think either one of them will end up as brain surgeons or long-distance truck drivers, but that still leaves LOTS of career options.

I would say that for both my kids, they are overly-verbally-mediated in terms of their brains. Things that would be reflexive/spontaneous for most people, they have to process via language. I don't know if that's typical for all NLD kids or not.

I'm sure there's a great book out there on the subject, but I haven't read it.

Best wishes.

GatsbyLuvr1920 · 08-24-2006, 01:17 PM

I'm an Aspie, but I'm almost entirely convinced that I have NVLD. I haven't been officially diagnosed with it, but I have all of the tell-tale symptoms. However, I've also heard that people are now considering Asperger's to be a form of NVLD in and of itself.
-GatsbyLuvr1920-

9CatMom · 08-24-2006, 07:19 PM

My testing results, too, are very strong in favor of verbal tasks. I always did well in subjects requiring a lot of reading and study, but just average in math. I love to do crossword puzzles and do at least one per day. I also read a lot, on a wide variety of subject matter, from literature and history to animals and sports, particularly track and field and figure skating. I am not athletic at all, but know a great deal about Olympic athletes from the beginning of the modern Games in 1896 to the present day.

queen · 08-28-2006, 11:37 AM

sross24,

I was wondering, how and at what age was your child diagnosed with PDD and how did they make the diagnosis of NVLD. I would appreciate anything you would like to share...God Bless you and your family.