I have written elsewhere that I refer to my condition as a learning disability rather than a difference. I’ve been thinking some more about why there is antipathy towards this; I think some of it is because we tend to hear “disaster” when we hear “disability”.
Diagnosing the dead and famous
May 9, 2014 by
Lots of people try to diagnose the dead and the famous. “Did XXX have YYY?” questions are all over the place, as are more assertive statements that, in fact XXX did have YYY. Given how hard it is to diagnose people, even if the person is not only alive but being seen by a qualified […]
Accommodations at home
March 5, 2014 by
In previous posts I’ve looked at accommodations at work and at school and I’ve asked “who are they accommodating?” Now, accommodations at home for people with nonverbal learning disorder.
Accommodations: Who are they acccommodating?
February 27, 2014 by
In this post I discussed accommodations at school; in this one – accommodations at work; in a future post I will discuss accommodations at home. But today, I want to discuss a more general question: Who are they accommodating?
Accommodations at school
February 23, 2014 by
In a recent post I discussed accommodations at work. Now, I’ll discuss the much larger topic of accommodations at school. Larger, at least, because more has been written about it.
Accommodations at work
February 22, 2014 by
Kids grow up and that includes kids with NLD. They (nearly all of them, anyway) need to go to work. Many people with NVLD will need accommodations at work. Others won’t exactly need them, but may do better with them than without. Unfortunately, the accommodations at work are not mandated and not standard. You have […]
Academic, social or behavioral? Can they be separated?
February 8, 2014 by
School age children with learning disabilities often have difficulties. Sometimes, people (teachers, parents, administrators, psychologists, the kids themselves) try to divide the problems into academic, social and behavioral. Maybe this is sometimes useful, but often, it’s a false division. All three play into each other in a sort of vicious circle; and the start of […]
Hey teacher with an NLD student! Don’t freak out!
February 6, 2014 by
In an earlier post, I suggested that kids should not freak out. Now, I give the same advice to teachers (and I will give the same advice to parents, too). So, you’re teaching. Good for you. Teachers are wonderful; the vast majority work very hard and care a lot about the kids they work with. […]
Hey kid! Don’t freak out!
February 3, 2014 by
So, you’re sitting in class and your teacher is bugging you and your classmates are bugging you and when you get home your parents will be bugging you and pretty much the whole darn world is bugging you. What to do? Well, I’ve been there and done that, about 40 years ago. I’ve cursed at […]
Finding strength to have strength
February 1, 2014 by
This post stems from a conversation I (@Nonverballd) had on Twitter with @spectrum_life. It’s about how to find the strength to not let bullies get you down.