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.
Keith Murfee‑DeConcini is a lifelong disability rights advocate who founded and hosts the podcast and upcoming nonprofit Disability Empowerment Now, raising awareness and amplifying disability voices through speaking, writing, and storytelling.