Question about Specific Learning Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disorder

That makes sense, it is just confusing because I have a history of having symptoms that overlap with IDD, but it is not IDD, It was a Global Developmental Delay during childhood and drastically improved over time and my IQ fluctuated as well.

Hi there,

The following pages may be of some use to you:

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/specific-learning-disorder/what-is-specific-learning-disorder

https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-intellectual-development-disorder/#:~:text=Back%20to%20Top-,What%20is%20intellectual%20development%20disorder%3F,%2C%20making%20judgments%2C%20and%20planning

Best wishes,

Kevin Mod

Hmmm, you probably need a text book or an expert to define them, and I might not be right here, but I think it's the difference between an intellectual disability, which might mean a lower IQ and general learning problems, and a specific issue, say dyslexia, in which there's normal to high IQ and general cognitive development and learning are fine, but a little glitch say with reading or number.

Most of those little glitches; dyslexia, dyscalcula, dyspraxia are, like autism, a neurodivergence. They occur sometimes with autism and likewise may come with benefits in seeing things a bit differently, as well as draw backs like making it harder to, say learn to read.