What is NLD?
Nonverbal Learning Disability is a learning challenge that makes it more difficult for individuals to process nonverbal information. This includes understanding things like body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, social cues, hand signals, and other behaviors that make up the bulk of social interaction. NLD or NVLD also has physical challenges such as impaired fine motor skills and lower visual-spatial awareness. People with NLD can also process information more slowly which makes it difficult to do things like mental math, retain information, and think abstractly.
In spite of this, people with NLD can live rich lives with unique gifts like memorizing song lyrics, lines from movies, and names of friends. This podcast highlights these triumphs and gifts.
For NLDers, by NLDers
The Living with an Invisible Learning Challenge podcast discusses the challenges and triumphs of those with NLD or NVLD by sharing their stories. The goal is to raise awareness and build community so fellow NLDers no longer feel as alone. By learning from and sharing resources with each other the hope is that this podcast can help make NLDers lives a little bit easier than before.
Latest Episodes
Today is the final part of an interview with my friend, Ellen who is a special ed tutor and teacher in Indianapolis, Indiana. We discuss the challenges of teaching during the pandemic, what it was like before and after as well.