Nonverbal Learning Disorder Chris Rock: When was Chris Rock diagnosed with NVLD?

Nonverbal learning disability (NVLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by core deficits in visualspatial processing in the presence of intact verbal ability.”

Additional diagnostic criteria include Average to Superior verbal intelligence and deficits in visuoconstruction abilities, fine-motor coordination, mathematical reasoning, visuospatial memory and social skills.

People with NVLD may have trouble understanding charts, reading maps, assembling jigsaw puzzles, and using an analog clock to tell time.

“Clumsiness” is not unusual in people with NVLD, especially children, and it may take a child with NVLD longer than usual to learn how to tie shoelaces or to ride a bicycle.

This condition is very rare.

However, celebrated comedian Chris Rock has revealed that he has been diagnosed with NVLD.

When was Chris Rock diagnosed with NVLD?

In September 2020, Chris Rock revealed that he has been diagnosed with NVLD.

Chris Rock had been doing seven hours of therapy a week ever since a friend suggested that he may have Asperger’s syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum with generally higher functioning.

Chris Rock went through nine hours of cognitive tests and was eventually diagnosed with NVLD, a condition which makes it difficult for him to understand nonverbal signals.