nonverbal learning disorder

Ah-HAH

ok, that makes sense in terms of what Temple says about 'visual brains' and 'verbal brains' (something like that)

I still can't get it straight, but she's got a typology (she's good at that, too)

She says that visual thinkers like her are COMPLETELY different from non-visual 'math brains' like you

I think she believes that the 'math brain' people on the spectrum are never visual thinkers....

I'm talking to her this afternoon, so I'll try to remember to have her take me through her categories again

-- CatherineJohnson - 11 Jan 2006

The LD I was diagnosed with is called "nonverbal learning disorder," and is considered neurologically related to Asperger's syndrome. I also have a terrible case of attention deficit. O:-) (In fact, I scored a 99th percentile for severity of symptoms on a survey instrument my doc administered this fall....)

-- PaulMiller - 11 Jan 2006

I taught in the Johns Hopkins GTY program at Windward!

-- CatherineJohnson - 09 Jan 2006

Ben

Actually....

hmm

I'm wondering what I can say that wouldn't invade privacy.

OK, I'll stick with this: it wasn't Crossroads.

(Does Crossroads use fuzzy math these days?)

-- CatherineJohnson - 09 Jan 2006

In fact, I was diagnosed with a learning disability that is related to this

good grief

what was the ld?

(unless that's too personal)

-- CatherineJohnson - 09 Jan 2006

Yeah yeah, video games mumble mumble spatial sense mumble mumble mathematical ability.

LOL!

-- CatherineJohnson - 09 Jan 2006

Must be Crossroads

-- BenCalvin - 04 Jan 2006

Yeah yeah, video games mumble mumble spatial sense mumble *mumble mathematical ability.

In about 4-6 years, I'll be a professional mathematician, and I have next to no visualization skills. In fact, I was diagnosed with a learning disability that is related to this.

Oh, and I am terrible at chess and video games, too. But, I am good at math. O:-)

-- PaulMiller - 03 Jan 2006

the Far Side

One of our friends in L.A., who sent her now-college-age son to a famous progressive school, told me the kids tested in the 19th percentile for math achievement at the end of 5th grade. When parents complained, school personnel said they didn't believe in standardized tests.

She also refused to let her son play video games at any time during his childhood. That takes spunk.

Now she thinks expertise in video games might have helped with math, or at least with the 'spatial substrate' of math ability....

All in all, a classic case of a parent being fooled and foiled at every turn.

Yup. Been there. Done that.

Still doing it.



rich people are different from you and me

This particular school has a large body of very wealthy parents. Spielberg-level wealth.

Many of those parents loved the school for its 'creativity.' They weren't worried about the 19th percentile, because they were having their children taught real math by the Beverly Hills High School math teacher after school every day, for a fee of $150/hour.

This is 10 years ago, remember.


key words: Gary Larson UES Los Angeles

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