Screwed Up Somehow But Not Stupid Life With A Learning Disability

A description of what it's like to have nonverbal learning disability and what can be done to alleviate it.

Most people with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder or AS are underemployed. This book sets out to change this. With practical advice on everything from job hunting to interview techniques, from 'fitting in' in the workplace to whether or not to disclose a diagnosis, this book guides people with NLD or AS successfully through the employment mine field.

There have been so many myths about learning disabilities, and that is why I felt compelled to write this book. I've personally have had to deal with these myths. I've had people tell me to my face that I won't amount to much. That's made me angry at times. But guess what? I'm doing what I've always wanted to do...which is writing. Have you ever wondered what's it's like living with a learning disability? Or maybe you know how it feels when other people don't think you'll amount to much. This is Amy's story, and you'll see that people with a learning disability have hopes, dreams, fears, and emotions just like everyone else.

Enable every child to realize their full potential. Our societies in India have developed in terms of technology and techniques, yet the awareness about learning disability has been a short in a mass. With this book, Author is trying to make an attempt in bringing awareness about the struggles of a child with learning disability, also covering aspects with which struggles can be minimized. Author tried to cover most of the aspects of the subject in the form of story, pictures and with minimal literature. In simple words and through charts, author has also touched upon procedure for assessment, diagnosis and intervention plans. When we recognize and accept the condition, we can also manage it much better and minimize associated struggles. The book covers a story of an imaginary child named “Vidyuman” who is Living with Learning Disability, his daily struggles, emotions, and when he got support - how easily he could manage his conditions and could perform well scholastically. With the story of Vidyuman author also tried to cover - what is learning disability, what are the symptoms, how we can understand, support children with learning disabilities. Readers of this book, (even with very small attention span) can get a good enough information on learning disability, what to do when they come across such a child. Our failure to understand different abilities and associated learning difficulties makes our child feel handicapped. Let’s create a beautiful world for our children and let them flourish to the fullest.

Written by and for teens and young adults with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD), as well as for their parents, teachers, therapists, and others who care about them, and backed by the latest neuropsychological research, NLD from the Inside Out offers hundreds of useful tips on: - Organization and planning, including study skills - How to successfully navigate the transition from dependent child to independent adult - Creating more harmonious family and peer relationships - Changing disabling attitudes. The book will help teens and young adults to avoid the angst and pitfalls often associated with NLD. More than that, it offers real stories from now-thriving young adults who grew up with NLD - proof that a full and rewarding life lies ahead for those who are now struggling.

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Ten percent of the population is affected by a learning disability, but few of us understand what being learning disabled (LD) is really like. When he was fourteen, Bradlee was diagnosed with Velo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome (VCFS), a wide-spread, little-understood disorder that is expressed through a wide range of physical ailments and learning disabilities. In this funny, moving, and often irreverent book, Bradlee tells his own inspirational story of growing up as an LD kid—and of doing so as the child of larger-than-life, formidably accomplished parents: long-time Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and bestselling author Sally Quinn. From his difficulties reading social cues, to his cringe-worthy loss of sexual innocence, Bradlee describes the challenges and joys of living “a different life” with disarming candor and humor. By the end of A Different Life he will have become, if not your best friend, one of your favorite people.

Sharing the experience of bringing up a child with nonverbal learning disability (NLD), this warm and accessible book offers advice on subjects ranging across diagnosis and therapy, children's interaction with each other, suitable activities for a child with NLD and how to discuss NLD with children. An essential guide, this book will reassure, advise and inform parents and professionals who work with children with NLD.