What is more disabling? ASD level 1 or severe NVLD?

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Severe NVLD.


Other than myself having the near opposite profile of NVLD that is... Because more severe NVLD can cause serious executive dysfunction and therefore social issues.

'Mild' NVLD -- may or may not have a better executive function than 'mild' ASD. Yes, nonverbal weakness, may have the same prosopagnosia and alexithymic traits with VIQ>PIQ ASD level 1, but their strengths can strengthen EF can worked around with social issues.


ASD Nonverbal strengths does not protect one from executive dysfunction caused by other issues that NVLD alone doesn't deal with. Only better or more accessible versatile workarounds.


And, it's a different story if an aspie have NVLD for a profile/comorbid.

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I have large social issues but my NVLD appears to be very mild or even absent due to good result in Block Design and very high result in Arithmetic (in gifted range) while my FSIQ is "just" 117.

I have disability level 2 (moderate level of disability and total incapability of work), maybe not only due to aucorigia (my term for ASD and similar disorders) but also due to bookish case of OCD and schizotypal disorder.

I have no prosopagnosia, I can recognise people quite well. I have NO sensory overloads and my sensory processing is, in my opinion, "neurotypical" - I am just weak in managing with physical discomfort. I might have meltdowns or something like it last times some times.

If it's about your case, then do take account of your other comorbids interfering with your social issues. It's likely schizotypal and it's consequences than NVLD.

It'll be a different story if one only has NVLD interfering social issues, just as it's a different story if one only has ASD interfering social issues.
Mild NVLD alone has 'better' chances -- but more than just dealing with NVLD, predictively, a different story.


High arithmetic scores in NVLD isn't typical as far as I know.

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I scored much worse in Digit Span (11) than in Arithmetic (18). Poor Digit Span (especially backwards) may be associated with NVLD. I am generally a verbal thinker. I was diagnosed with Asperger's in 2008. It was in specialistic centre.

I think that it may be worse to have NVLD than autism spectrum disorder because it appears that there are less help for NVLD individuals than for ones with ASD, also ASD level 1. I would say that mild autism spectrum condition would be considered as subclinical according to DSM-V and individuals with it would not receive diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder because their symptoms are too mild and they require no support. I think that subclinical autism spectrum should be also considered an ASD, despite truly high level of functioning. In Poland a pervasive developmental disorder has to be at least moderate to qualify for ruling of the level of disability. If you have just mild PDD, you will not receive disability certificate. I think that subclinical autism spectrum condition is a mild PDD and I considered individuals with "level 0" as having autism also. I think that DSM-V is not so good classification. I think that "true" ASD level 1 (mild) is subclinical AS and ASD level 1 should be renamed as ASD lvl 2 (and ASD lvl 2 should be lvl 3 and lvl 3 should be level 4). I think that there is large possibility that some individuals with NVLD without ASD are lower-functioning than some individuals with ASD level 1 (in "my" terminology it should be level 2) who require support.