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Old Apr 16, 2015, 11:45 AM
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As others have suggested, the fact that your scores are all average or above average means that you do not have a disability. There is a disrepancy which can be frustrating when you perform better in one area than another. It may be helpful for you to read about NLD and see how you relate, on a lesser scale, to those who suffer from NLD. But I do think it's worth recognizing that your scores do not place you in the disability category. I only say this because for those of us who have struggled with a diagnosed disability, there really is a difference between a discrepancy in scores and a true disability. I did my testing when I was 17 so I can't recall my exact scores, but I do remember my doctor explaining that I was in the 99% percentile in every category except one-- I was in the 13% in processing. Whatever that translates to in numbers, it was well below 50% or average. Because I was gifted in other areas, I'd gone years with no one believing that I was having trouble with processing. Even after getting my paperwork documenting my learning disability, I suffered a lot of descrimination and professors who tried to refuse me my accommodation (50% more time on exams). I made it all the way through a PHD, but I struggled with things no one around me was ever able to understand, and I was routinely told that my disability wasn't real or, even worse, my peers would say , "oh, I'm a slow reader too" or "oh, I think I have that, too." It can be invalidating when you have a disability and others minimize your struggle by saying they have it too, when they are still within the average range.