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This chapter provides an overview of the evolution of what we, today, call a nonverbal learning disorder (or nonverbal learning disability) (NVLD). Although there was increased interest in this disorder in the 1980s and 1990s, researchers and practitioners have not even been able to agree whether nonverbal learning disabilities should be abbreviated as NLD (mostly used on the West Coast) or NVLD (preferred by East Coast clinicians), nor have they arrived at an accepted definition for this condition, although Rourke’s definition is the most frequently noted (Pelletier, Ahmad, & Rourke, 2001). We will use the abbreviation NVLD for the purposes of this book.
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Broitman, J., Davis, J.M. (2013). Overview of NVLD. In: Broitman, J., Davis, J. (eds) Treating NVLD in Children. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6179-1_2
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