What Is Nonverbal Learning Disorder? Nonverbal learning disorder (NVLD), also called nonverbal learning disability (NLD), is a condition that makes it hard to process visual, spatial, and other types ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

A communication board is a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to help people with limited language skills express themselves. The user can gesture, point to, or blink at images to ...

Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) often have excellent vocabulary and read very well. Common NVLD symptoms include difficulties with spatial relationships and social communication.

When students in Kristie Redfering’s classroom learn to communicate their needs and thoughts, it changes their relationship with the outside world—and themselves. Redfering teaches high school-aged ...

It is well documented that mothers with learning disabilities and their babies are at higher risk of adverse outcomes during pregnancy and afterwards. This article examines how maternity care can be ...

Annabell Downey’s breast cancer was diagnosed only after she collapsed and was taken to hospital — by which point it had already spread. Her experience highlights growing evidence that having a ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

Few people think about disability until it happens to them or someone they love. Now, a new book by an expert in health communication is challenging scholars to rethink how they consider disability in ...