What is Nonverbal learning disorder?
A '''nonverbal learning disorder''' (or '''nonverbal learning disability'''), or '''NVLD''', is a [[neurology|neurological]] problem. People with the disorder have good [[verbal skills]], but they have problems with [[motor skills]], [[social skills]] and other areas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diagnosis & Differential Diagnosis|publisher=Advances|url=http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/7/4/310.full|accessdate=Jan 14, 2014}}</ref> A person with NVLD also has problems in non-verbal [[problem]] solving, understanding [[humour|humor]] and [[rote learning]] (remembering something by repeating it). NVLD is linked with [[autism spectrum]] disorders, mostly [[autism]] or [[Asperger syndrome|Asperger]]'s. Most people with either [[high-functioning autism]] or Asperger fit this actual type.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nonverbal Learning Disability|publisher=The National Center for Learning Disability|url=http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/autism-spectrum-disorders/nonverbal-learning-disabilities|accessdate=Jan 14, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116032516/http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/autism-spectrum-disorders/nonverbal-learning-disabilities|url-status=dead}}</ref> This condition, though, is also tied to [[depression (mental illness)|depression]] and [[anxiety]]. Nonverbal learning disabilities affect one in ten learning disabled children.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Misunderstood Child:The Child With a Nonverbal Learning Disorder |author=Liza Little, PsyD, RN |url=http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/publications/Misunderstood%20Child%20-NLD.pdf |access-date=2014-01-26 |archive-date=2014-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127114349/http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/Publications/Misunderstood%20Child%20-NLD.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> While the term NLVD is commonly used to describe learning styles, NVLD is not recognised by the DSM-5 and is not clinically distinct from learning disord