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Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD), 2nd Edition

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Developmental right hemisphere syndrome; Nonverbal learning disorder; Social-emotional learning disability

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Nonverbal learning disability (NLD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that impacts a person’s intelligence due to dysfunctions of the brain. NLD is a developmental disorder which constrains a child’s linguistic performance in the nonverbal domain. While an individual with NLD shows deficits in understanding nonlinguistic signs, he/she can be highly functional in verbal communications. Other neuropsychological disorders related to NLD can impact a child’s abilities to perform in academic, social/emotional, and vocational areas (Palombo 2006). A critical challenge for an individual with NLD is social interaction due to the lack of visual processing abilities such as recognizing facial expressions and lack of spatial perception. NLD is not apparent at a very young age, such as preschool age, although the inability to understand nonverbal signs...

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  1. Neuroscience, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

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    Fred R. Volkmar

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Han, Y. (2018). Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD), 2nd Edition. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102254-1

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