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Anxiety And Panic, by Oscar

By NVLD Bloggers
Welcome back to my blog – after a long absence I’m happy to be back. Today I want to talk about anxiety and panic. And since 2023 started I’ve had my fair share of anxiety/panic attacks and I do believe with NVLD we are prone to these attacks… however, there was one attack that really scared me – so this happened mid-January and I woke up around half 2 in the morning and my heart was racing and I couldn’t figure out why. Read More

The Misunderstanding of Inclusion, by Eileen

By Eileen, NVLD Bloggers

As a student with an NVLD  I was very grateful to be in a school district that valued inclusion and that they received all their training from Syracuse University, a renowned leader in inclusion. However  like others I am sure,   they  misunderstood the differences between partial and full inclusion especially for the secondary level. Read More

My Life With NVLD, by Julia

By NVLD Bloggers

Hi my name is Julia I was recently diagnosed with NVLD while staying in a psychiatric hospital. I’ve always felt different. I have had a hard time relating to people and have  always been closer and and more comfortable being around animals especially my horse Belle who has been my saving anchor since I was thirteen years old. My childhood was marked with difficulties at school academically and being really shy and having a hard time making friends. Read More

Turning My Pain Into Purpose, by Michelle

By NVLD Bloggers

Many people are familiar with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. A person who has gone through a trauma, experiences effects after the event is over with. Many people are less familiar with Post Traumatic Growth, which was introduced in the 1990s by Psychologist Richard Tedeschi and Richard Calhoun. Having this type of growth enables survivors to recognize and embrace new connections. This concept of growth after a trauma involves five categories: growing appreciation for life, improved relationships with others, new possibilities in life, personal strength, and a spiritual change. These sections are designed for the person to work through over a long period. Having a Learning Disability has caused me to develop post-traumatic growth, with the stigma and trauma that have accompanied it. Read More

My Journey With NVLD and Mental Health, by Kaitlyn

By NVLD Bloggers

I was diagnosed with NVLD at a young age but did not know what that was tell I got older and began to look things up about it. I do not remember it affecting me too much tell I got a little bit older. I do remember my anxiety was what I struggled with most at a young age. I remember that I had anxiety almost everyday and would come home crying. It took me a few years to finally find medication that worked on me.
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Exploring the Complexity of my Relationship to Family, by Ben

By NVLD Bloggers

Childhood was a tumultuous time for me, rife with emotional chaos and isolation due to a lack of understanding from the outside world (parents, therapists, teachers etc) on how to properly support me. When I was younger, my sensory system would ignite from “zero to one hundred” at  sometimes even the smallest provocation. I didn’t understand my own wiring and felt out of control and at the mercy of these outbursts. I often felt immense guilt after I said or acted in socially impermissible ways. I was emotionally unpredictable and without the proper diagnosis found my family would walk on eggshells around me as they never knew what would set me off. I couldn’t comprehend why my emotions were so painstakingly visceral in my body. I was told that I was just being too sensitive or needed to find healthier ways to calm down. Read More

Part A:How Is Basic Support Is Very Different From Comprehensive Support in College, by Eileen

By Eileen, NVLD Bloggers

Over the years I have been asked by my former support team what my secret was for being successful in college  as so many like myself didn’t make it through college. The truth is there aren’t any secrets to my success. The difference was that I chose to attend schools with comprehensive support programs  where I received a great deal of academic and social support while they attended schools that offer only basic support which just gave only basic accommodations such as extended time.
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Supporting An Invisible Disability In The Workplace, by Marielle

By NVLD Bloggers

Lately, I have found myself thinking about how deceiving the name “Nonverbal Learning Disability” (NVLD). I had certainly never heard of it when I was first diagnosed, even though I resonated and related so deeply with the symptoms. Most people don’t know what it is when I tell them. The name makes it seem self-explanatory, but NVLD is so much more complex than just the surface level idea of not being able to learn from nonverbal content. However, I have more recently found that even the concept of a “learning disability” can be deceiving, because it is often associated with education and school. I have been out of school for 3 years and now can prominently see how it impacts me strictly in a professional setting. Read More

Reassurance, by Nicholas

By NVLD Bloggers

Have you ever had that thought? Am I working hard enough? I must not be, because otherwise someone would have noticed by now. I feel like I could be doing better, but I don’t want to over exert myself. Getting older is annoying when I have to pace myself a little more. You’d think I could read between the lines and figure it out, but for some reason, I’m not good at taking a hint. It would be nice to have some reassurance. Read More