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5th October 2019, 11:39
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The verbal vs non-verbal gap
It's amazing how even seasoned health professionals can't get their head around the verbal- nonverbal gap some of us have . My depot(antipsychotic injection) nurse is one of those, although she's a pleasant person. The conversation got round to my being good verbally. I said that that may be true but I lag some way behind when it comes to non-verbal/practical intelligence . That was responded to in a 'Good verbal skills can help in so many ways' way, completely glossing over what I'd said about non-verbal/practical intelligence.
She's not the only person who thinks this way. In fact a failure to see how much poorer non-verbal/practical skills can negatively impact on a person is all too common. It almost certainly explains why I have never been assessed as having a learning difficulty. I am lucky in that I have a stepdaughter who knows my practical skills are far from good , and gives me first rate support. There are probably many though that , unlike me, don't have that support . 
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#3
6th October 2019, 02:19
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Re: The verbal vs non-verbal gap
I'm getting much better recognition of my difficulties here in Wiltshire than I ever got in over 3 decades living in Essex. The support is helping me maintain a healthier independence , but gone are the days when I could have fulfilled any potential I had. It's now about the support to help me maintain independent living,no more no less.
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#5
6th October 2019, 22:57
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Re: The verbal vs non-verbal gap
^ Well for about 20 years of those years I had a wife that was very practical . The 12 years after she died till I moved to be near my stepdaughter were not easy though .
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#7
6th October 2019, 23:46
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Re: The verbal vs non-verbal gap
^ That's very true . This from 2004 still holds true today.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-file...port-final.pdf
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