 Assorted diagnoses have been discussed as sharing symptoms with NLD—these conditions include Right hemisphere brain damage and Developmental Right Hemisphere Syndrome, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Social-Emotional Processing Disorder, autism spectrum disorders, Gerstmann syndrome and others.In their 1967 book "Learning Disabilities; Educational Principles and Practices", Doris J. Johnson and Helmer R. Myklebust characterize how someone with these kinds of disabilities appears in a classroom