All your other scores are still in average or high average range there is no disability, so I am not sure why people even suggest disability? Sure your performance iq is lower than verbal, but your performance iq is still high. Just iq by itself cannot determine disability.

If it's not just the scores but also the general functioning, that kind of discrepancy is indicative of a disability. Re my t who is a psychologist and re other specialists. Read my original response more carefully; I gave some possibilities as to why, but from my active participation in a NLD forum years ago I can tell you that this is real and serious, even when the lower scores are in the average range.

It doesn't necessarily show up on achievement tests. A lot of us do well in school, which plays to our strengths and allows us to complete a lot of the work on our own, taking the time we need and in our optimal environment. Jobs require the ability to work fast, tolerate interruptions, read nonverbal signals, etc. They assume fairly even across the board skills and assume you're slacking when you can't deliver that. A lot of us with NLD excel in school and struggle with life. Others struggle in school even though they have the general ability.

I gave some possible reasons why but whatever the reason, high score scatter is often more than the sum of its parts.



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