Hello, my name is Oscar and I have NVLD – Non-Verbal Learning Disability, I was diagnosed with it at the age of 9. The first sign that I had a learning difficulty was when I was in school and I didn’t know my 2x table, that was a sign for my mum that I should see someone. We saw multiple specialists and none of them got it correct….. until we met Doctor Johnathan Williams, a child psychiatrist. He was the one that officially diagnosed me with NVLD.
Throughout my education, I had TAs at my school guiding me through, especially with Maths which is a subject I still struggle with to this day. NVLD also applies to travel, I was not able to navigate around the London train line until mid-2016. The way I was able to navigate was through my mum sending me photos of landmarks of where to go. So at the time she was working in the Centre of London and I was meeting her for lunch, she sent me the photos of the landmarks and in one photo there was a homeless person, so I’m following the photos and I don’t see that person in the picture and I say to my mum “The photos were very confusing” she asked “Why what happened” I then replied with “There was no homeless person”.
So when it comes to numbers and space, it’s really hard for me to understand.
Oscar
Hello, my name is Oscar and I have NVLD – Non-Verbal Learning Disability, I was diagnosed with it at the age of 9. I have a passion for professional wrestling and video editing. I’m here on this blog to share my story of living with NVLD.
To find out more about me, please watch this short five-minute film – https://creatingquality.tv/mov
