ABSTRACT
Research into non-verbal learning difficulties (NLD) has a long history, like that of dyslexia. The term does not mean that the child cannot speak but that verbal skills superficially do not appear to be affected or causing problems. The difficulties lie primarily in skill acquisition and development and those abilities governed by the right hemisphere in 95 per cent of the population. The difficulties observed range from those who, left alone, get lost in Woolworth's; to the clumsy and disorganised; those whose handwriting is illegible; those with poor social skills; those who cannot sing in tune or draw and those with attentional, impulsive and hyperactive conditions, ADHD and ADD.
