Murphy - NLD from the Inside Out: Talking to Parents, Teachers, and Teens about Growing Up with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

Of all the valuable information to be found in this work, as a therapist, I particularly recommend the chapter on What We Want Therapists and Guidance Counselors to Know. If you have NLD or know someone who is seeking support from a therapist, you will find it worthwhile to follow Murphys suggestions and caveats. It is essential that the therapist to whom you turn be exceptionally knowledgeable about the disorder and be competent to provide the guidance that will help you overcome the distresses this disorder may cause you.

Joseph Palombo, Director, The Joseph Palombo Center for Neuroscience and Psychoanalytic Social Work

This book will be an eye-opener for teachers, parents, and other interested readers. No doubt many will realize, Ahhh, now I understand and, hopefully, that understanding will contribute to the success of children and adults with NLD. Its also a valuable resource for young people with NLD: real-life voices, experiences, and common sense. As the parent of an adult child with disabilities, Ive learned that the true experts in the field are people with disabilities; Mr. Murphy's book ably demonstrates that fact. Bravo!

Kathie Snow, Author of Disability is Natural: Revolutionary Common Sense for Raising Successful Children with Disabilities ( www.disablityisnatural.com )

NLD from the INSIDE OUT

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NLD from the INSIDE OUT

Talking to Parents, Teachers, and Teens about Growing Up with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

Third Edition

MICHAEL BRIAN MURPHY

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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First published in 2016

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Names: Murphy, Michael Brian, 1981

Title: NLD from the inside out : talking to parents, teachers, and teens about

growing up with nonverbal learning disabilities / Michael Brian Murphy.

Other titles: Nonverbal learning disabilities from the inside out

Description: Third edition. | London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley

Publishers, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016001771 | ISBN 9781849057141 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Nonverbal learning disabilities. | Learning disabilities.

Classification: LCC RJ506.L4 M87 2016 | DDC 618.92/85889--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016001771

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To Dan Turnbull

Contents

Disclaimer

This book does not constitute legal, professional, or medical advice. Readers should exercise judgment in researching information and making decisions about their respective situations.

Acknowledgments

My grateful thanks to the following people.

The interview subjects and survey respondents, who generously shared their stories .

The parents, teachers, and NLDers who emailed me with their questions and comments, so that this book could take the shape that it did.

All of the professionals, authors, and researchers whose work came before mine.

My mother, Gail Shapiro, for everything, including being a great editor, plus for granting permission to include in some of the charts and organizational tools she created as she was raising me.

Special shout-outs to those who gave me advice, encouragement, and/or helped contribute to this project:

my family, especially my grandparents, Arline and Harold Shapiro, and my stepfather, Gilbert Wolin; Professors David Stevens, James Laird, and Michael Bamberg at Clark University; Katharine Berlin, Dr. A. Rae Simpson, Catherine Gronewold, Dr. Sandy Miller-Jacobs, Dr. Scott Sokol, Dr. Nick Dubin, Gayle Alexander, and Dan Turnbull.

All of my teachers, Special Education teachers, and disability services staff members throughout the years, as well as my various doctors, therapists, and diagnosticians, with a special mention to:

Professor Everett Fox, Professor Diane Harper, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Daniel Pellegrini, Dr. Frank Smith, Marcia Tangerini, and Susie Rodenstein.

Angela and Richard Hoy and the BookLocker staff for giving me a shot at success by publishing the first two editions of this book.

Suzanne Connelly, Emma Holak, Rachel Menzies, and the Jessica Kingsley Publishers staff for helping me out so much with this edition.

Cliff Kolovson and Ray Ringston, for making the website look sweet.

And finally, to every one of you who took the time to read this book and to learn more about NLD.

Preface to the Third Edition

Dear Reader,

Thank you for purchasing the third edition of NLD from the Inside Out . When I first undertook the writing of the first edition, I did so for a few key reasons. First and foremost, I felt as though no one understood me and I needed to tell the world (translation: my friends, family, and teachers) my story, just to get it off my chest. But then, the more I learned about my condition, the more I realized that I was not alone. And while on one level, that was a relief for me, it also meant that if the estimated 1 percent of the population who have Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) figure is accurate, then more than 3 million people in the U.S. alone have NLDwhether diagnosed or not.