Misnamed, Misdiagnosed, Misunderstood

Recognizing and Coping with NVLD (Nonverbal Learning Disorder) from Childhood Through Adulthood

De: Linda Karanzalis

Narrado por: Maggie Ross

There is a reason you struggle to communicate.

It's not your fault. It's NVLD.

What sets Linda Karanzalis apart as a learning disorders specialist is her own experience as a child, teen, and adult battling undiagnosed nonverbal learning disorder (NVLD) before professionals realized it even existed. Linda's frank account of her struggles with academics, jobs, and relationships sheds light on this invisible disability and will ring true to NVLDers and those who love them. Linda not only empowers others to achieve their goals but also serves as a role model offering understanding, hope, and inspiration to NVLDers of all ages.

©2022 Linda Karanzalis (P)2023 Linda Karanzalis

Brilliant! An important and long-awaited resource

Sincere thanks and gratitude to Linda Karanzalis for filling a huge gap in available education and resources for adults and children living with NVLD. This book is equally beneficial in providing answers and guidance across the age spectrum. As an adult only recently diagnosed with NVLD, I was able to identify strongly with many of the case examples presented (including the author's own), and the signs/symptoms described. On many occasions, I nodded in understanding and agreement and said out loud, "yup, that's me" during chapters on masking and social challenges. The dearth of public education for those living with or parenting children with NVLD is huge, and this important book is exactly what we have been waiting for. Looking forward to more from this author in the future. Highly recommend to all NVLD "pioneers"!

Informative and personal

The writer is great at painting the picure with her own experiences, those of the people she met and helped and supports it with her academic knowledge.

Sometimes it's a bit American in some minor details and goes a bit 'woowoo', but overall, great listen. And I'm very glad there's resources about nvld in audiobook form ❤️

A must read for parents/teachers of children/teens with NVLD

Lots of useful information, easy to listen to, gives this mom hope. Provides relatable stories, and possible natural remedies to help daily life.

So helpful

This book helped really bring it home for me as a parent of a 20 year old with NVLD. We have know and been managing her struggles for years but this book really validated our experiences and gives the tools to fully understand my daughter. We have given it to family members to help them understand as well. I highly recommend it!

Innovative

I am intrigued by the diagnostic concept. I resonated with the specifiers and diagnostic criteria, as a professional in the field. I could not help but think how this could be impactful when working with teens and their families. Thank you for dedicating your time to contributing to enhancing awareness!

Clear, accessible, useful resources’

Liked it totally . So comprehensive and not complicated NVLD language, phenomenal introduction as my first book on the subject’

Much better (and less biased) information online

There is some useful information in this book, though much of it can also be found online. The author presents a narrow view of NVLD, largely drawn from her own experience and from clients who seem to share her coping style. This perspective excludes many people with NVLD who experience the world quite differently. As a psychotherapist with NVLD who works with numerous clients with the same diagnosis, I found the book’s portrayal incomplete and sometimes misleading.

That limitation alone might still have earned the book three stars, but it loses significant credibility toward the end when the author misapplies established scientific principles and presents debunked pseudoscience as fact. At one point, she even promotes psychotherapy approaches based on a misinterpretation of Einstein’s theory of relativity.