<p>I have always been a good student but my one weakness was and still is language. I never failed a class, but if I had A's in all my other classes, I probably had B's in English. I never liked reading or writing and never associated those tasks to intellect, so I never felt stupid because I wasn't good at those things. On the contrary, since I enjoyed academic success in all my other classes, which had to do with actual intellectual subjects, I felt reassured and never doubted that my intellect was superior to that of my peers. Then I went to college, graduated, and realized, a bit too late, how pathetic my reading and writing skills were. We could say that my writing skills are poor because I never cared to learn proper rules of grammar and instead relied on gut feeling, but what about my reading skills? I still read very slowly and have a hard time concentrating. Most of the time, the information does not seem to stick easily to my brain. If this problem is related to low processing ability, is it likely caused by lack of general intelligence or just a learning disability? </p>
<p>Interestingly, I was never diagnosed with a learning disability, especially since learning disabilities are often associated with low academic performance, which was not my case, and it was not uncommon for my teachers to comment on my supposed high level of intelligence. By the time my high school career was nearing completion I had problems interacting with my peers and was ridiculed on a regular basis, because my peers and even some teachers now perceived me as being unintelligent but did not know what to make of me given my distinguished academic perfomance. It was not uncommon for them to suggest or almost explicitly state that my academic performance was the result of hard work and not intelligence. My level of intelligence seemed to be a central topic of discussion whenever my name came up, and it's almost like those people were envious of the fact that a person like me was able to outdo them at something.</p>
<p>In college it was almost the same story. Every now and then someone met me, saw something, and assumed that I was having academic problems. When I told them that they read me incorrectly and that I was doing well in school, either there was a moment of silence or they acted like they knew I was kidding them. Even my roommate seemed to have doubts about my level of intelligence until he saw my name in the dean's list. Then he seemed confused.</p>
<p>People I've met on the internet have often told me that I sound like a person with Asberger Syndrome (some form of high-functioning autism) but the therapists I have talked to either never mentioned it or outright denied that I could possibly have it.</p>
<p>Is it possible that I have some other form of learning disability? And is it possible to find out for sure?</p>