Estimating the prevalence of Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) from the ABCD sample.

ABSTRACT: Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in processing visuospatial information but with age-appropriate verbal skills. This cognitive profile has been hypothesized to be associated with atypical white matter, but at the present there is a lack of evidence for this hypothesis. Currently, the condition is not characterized within the main diagnostic systems, in part because no clear set of criteria for characterizing the disorder exists. This report is the first attempt to estimate NVLD prevalence, using two sets of diagnostic criteria, in a large sample of over 11,000 children who were selected without regards to problems of specific nature, either psychological, neurological, physical and/or social. Furthermore, it examined the assoc

SUBMITTER: Coccaro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11001940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature