a little bit more info on NVLD{NLD], ok, ALOT more info

NLD can affect three basic spheres of development
visio-spatial skills
motor skills and
social skills
children and adults with NLD frequently have trouble with spatial perception{ which results in often getting lost} mathematics{especially with operations like borrowing or algerbra} and visual memory{ for example an NLD person may have difficulty telling someone what their house looks like or finding it in a string of houses}

motor problems include a lateness in learning to walk { i myself  walked at sixteen months of age}, problems tying sheos, getting dressed, brushing teeth, combing hair, and kicking or hitting a ball.

the sphere that i personally have the most problems in is social development common social problems include difficulty reading facial expressions, gestures and tone of voice, gullibility is also a symptom of NLD as is taking things quite literally both are also symptoms of autism and asperger's syndrome.

despite their diverse problems, people with NLD have many assets, some children with NLD learn to speak and read early, according to my mum i spoke my first words when i was seven months old. By the time i was two i could recite the alphabet and count to twenty. one year later i taught myself to read. conversely some children with NLD have difficulty learning to speak and read and may even be misdiagnosed with a reading disorder however once they get the hang of it, their vocabulary and reading level increases rapidly and soon they have surpassed many of their peers in these areas.

people with NLD have superb rote verbal memory skills, this means we are able to remember things like song lyrics, word spellings, and new words, As i've said earlier arithmetic can be difficult for people with NLD to master; however, their memories can make them excellent counters and can also make them top adders in their early years. When i was in kindergarten i knew things like 5 plus 5 and 3 minus 2, and i was able to do first grade work, problems began to occur in second and third grade when i was expected to borrow arithmetic is, i've since learned, an essentually right-hemispheric process which is why i think people with non-verbal learning disorder have such trouble with it.

what is it like to have visio-spatial problems? well i don't actually consider them problems.Sometimes it's as though i see things in pieces- i break down objects into simple visual bits, like colours, in first grade, i went to class in what i thought of as a " white room." it had white walls and a carpet that only seemed to  accentuate their whtieness. I know a room by the colour of the walls or of the floor rarley both at once. when i was little, i was always told that i watched my feet.This was because most of my landmarks were on the ground.