New light shed on learning disorders

A Michigan State University researcher has discovered the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability - long considered a "pseudo" diagnosis - may develop differently than the brains of other children.The finding, published in Child Neuropsychology, could ultimately help educators and clinicians better distinguish between - and treat - children with a nonverbal learning disability, or NLVD, and those with Asperger's, or high functioning autism, which is often confused with NLVD.