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Susan Z's avatar

I have had a condition all my life that is now referred to as Non Verbal Learning Disability. Many people with that condition are gifted linguistically. I am one of those. Because my grades were good at school, no one looked into the raft of problems that dogged me my whole life. spatial and numeric problems, and impaired procedural memory made it impossible (or almost) to do what were supposed to be "normal" activities. Drive, ride a bike, play ball, swim, dance, skip rope, play pretty much any game, etc. I could learn to do a thing but could not "hold" it in my body. I was shocked every time. At 75, I stumbled across this information. This condition cast a blight over my life but now I know it was probably also responsible for the gifts I have. I am hoping to look into it more closely. I believe it is also connected to my very complicated vision problems. Thanks for your article! Susan Zimmerman

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Barbara's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing, Kathryn. It's thanks to people like you sharing their experiences with adult diagnosis that I sought out assessment. What a HUGE wash of relief! Now I too can stop forcing myself to try to do things in ways that will never work for me and stop berating myself for not being able to.

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