Is NVLD a form of autism?

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I'd thought it was and someone said something about it that sounded like it isn't (or that they thought it isn't).

Does anyone here know if Non-Verbal Learning Disorder/Disability is on the autism spectrum or not?

At one point I was told by a neuro doctor that I had NVLD because, if I remember right, my verbal IQ was 40 points higher than my perfomance IQ. I asked him if that meant my reach would always exceed my grasp. "What," he said. "Browning," I said. "Uhh," he said, "you are likely to experience a degree of frustration."

Three other doctors have disgreed, saying NVLD doesn't occur with "high" IQ. AS, they say, and one showed me the checked in boxes on the list to prove it.

Who knows? I think my verbal is not disordered. As for the rest . . .

NVLD is not technically a form of autism, but the diagnostic criterion are nearly synonymous. A neurologist diagnosed me with NVLD, and a psychologist diagnosed me with Asperger's. I think that NVLD criteria is slightly more objective and concerned with measurable, quantitative traits such as IQ and sensory processing, but it does encompass pretty much everything else that is covered by Asperger's and autism as well. I'm pretty sure that NVLD requires a significant disparity between areas of intelligence, however, which is common in autism but not necessary for a diagnosis (this seems more in line with savant traits). As far as I am concerned, they are pretty much the same thing.

NVLD can most certainly coincide with high IQ. It just means that one type of a person's IQ is relatively low compared to another, but all areas can still be well above the norm. I found an interesting article here that compares Asperger's to NVLD, and at one point it suggests that Asperger's and NVLD are potentially the same condition while autism is different due to lower functioning:
http://www.nldontheweb.org/nldadvancedreading/nldclinicaldescription.html

Most likely. I characterize autism by having a deficit in executive functioning, theory of mind, and pragmatic language difficulties.

So in that case, I agree that non-verbal learning disorder is most likely a sign of Autism.

I was diagnosed with both

Apparently researchers have speculated that NVLD is a mild form of AS, and it seems to generally be discussed in the context of ASD, so it seems likely that NVLD is related to AS/autism, and from what I've (briefly) read about it, it seems very possible that it's a form of ASD neurological disorder.

Also, to be clear, in the new DSM-V there is no technical difference between AS & HFA, it's all just ASD and levels of severity now.

Ganondox, if you could provide a link to NVLD diagnostic criteria that differs greatly from Asperger's, I would very much appreciate it. I am not trying to argue with anyone, but nothing I have read can corroborate this. If the diagnostic criterion are drastically different, I would very much like to know--I am an information sponge with these types of things. If anyone, actually, can disprove anything I said, please do so. I am not an authority on the subject and I am after information, not being right. It is my understanding that symptoms are diagnostic criteria, however, and most related Google searches and Wikipedia articles do show drastic similarities between NVLD and Asperger's, with multiple sources claiming that no distinction between the two conditions should be necessary. Wikipedia specifically states this in its article on NVLD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_learning_disorder

I'm sensing some hostility here, and I'm not looking for an argument. I will only be reading this thread from now on.

The current categories don't describe accurately the existing spectrum, so it's a waste of time and energy to try and answer the question of what is what. Eg: NLDers have serious visual-spatial limitations, which is usually not the case in Asperger's. So by definition you can't have both.

NVLD is not form of autism, according to current research on autism and NVLD.

People with autism can have NVLD IQ profile, but that does not mean that NVLD is form of autism.

Here is recent article that focuses on social communication/pragmatic language issues in NVLD: LINK

There are moar moar moar articles about NVLD in Google Scholar, some open access.