What Is Dyscalculia?

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Comment from : J B

Can you have dycalclia and be good at statistics
Comment from : OMG

I've been diagnosed with ADHD but never dyscalculia - but every one of the videos I've watched about it has me checking all the boxes, with only a few exceptions Namely, I don't have trouble with left and right, and my spatial reasoning doesn't seem to be severely impacted However, maps, clocks, sheet music, memorizing multiplication tables, and calculations in general are all relatively difficult for me I did find recently that it is much easier for me to perform calculations when numbers are written as their names rather than as numerals I will be getting officially tested for a diagnosis as soon as I have the opportunity, but it's very clear I have this disability I wish I had known this all the way back in grade school; I'm approaching 40 and it has simply made everything that requires any degree of mathematical precision impossibly difficult It's horrible to live with it in ignorance
Comment from : SmurfJuice

I’m 32 years old and gone my whole life just being called a retard when it came to math I am completely lost with Algebra and beyond and always needed extra help to understand in grade school, it just never clicked for me
Comment from : Mud Puppy

I had basic algebra 3 yrs in a row Every year my grade got better and better, but as soon as I hit word problems my average dropped a grade or 2 Same darn book each yr Everything we got to word problems, it was like they were in a foreign language!
Comment from : Tanya

Not only did I have dyscalcula, I was diagnosed with double vision at age 33 The numbers don't line up The anxiety came from the private school/nuns who wrote on my report cards, not meeting potential In all the years I was there, NO student ever had a LD I also had a family that still treat me like the village idiot
Comment from : Dani Keebler

When children have delays most people think it is laziness sad part is nobody knows the struggle
Comment from : krishna kumari

My whole life I’ve struggled with anxiety and high cortisol I can’t believe at 48 years old, I’m just learning about Discalculia brbrI’ve isolated myself for fear of people discovering how hard simple things are for me🥺🙏🏻
Comment from : Julia Shalom Jordan

I suppose that the majoriry of so called dyscalculia cases are nothing but a simple case of "Didn't-get-used-to-math-as-fast-as-I-was-sipposed-to-in-school-and-I-developed-a-trauma-around-math-that-causes-me-to-believe-that-I-am-not-capable-of-doing-math-ulia"
Comment from : Gospodin Jean

Yet another fellow person with Dyscalculia here 30 years old and diagnosed at 11 I was fortunate enough that the disability almost exclusively affected me in regards to my math skills, but boy howdy if it isn’t a bitch and a half brbrPeople look at you like you’re stupid if you have to pull out your phone’s calculator just to do basic arithmetic and multiplication
Comment from : James Pike

Wow this is me, I cheated and copied friends homework in math all the way through school I just couldnt get it I asked my mom for a tutor in highschool but she didnt believe me that I needed one I wanted to study biology or sciences but you need math 12 for those courses
Comment from : Deer

I finally can name what's wrong with me
Comment from : merp

I wouldn’t be the most severe case, but I do feel like I have this to some degree Like I was able to pass math classes I had to take elementary through college, but just barely I can’t really do math equations in my head, even simple ones are difficult for me I have to write it all down But even written down I have trouble trying to remember the rules of math It’s never come to me naturally I remember in third grade we had to memorize the times tables but I never got past the 4x I would always get tripped up at 4x7 or 4x8 I memorized the times tables eventually but it took years and years of practice brAlso I don’t know if this is a part of it, but in terms of directions, a lot of times when somebody asks me which way something is I’ll say left when I meant to say right, or vice versa And like…I know the difference between left and right, but it just doesn’t come out of my mouth correctly lol
Comment from : dannieros3

I think I found it, and I’m going to cry The only thing I don’t have is logic problems I believe I can understand any math problems as soon as you turn it into a story or riddle But I think that’s what confused my teachers who in memory were just as confused as frustrated as I was I’ve spent years trying to find the truth, YEARS If this is the answer im so relieved
Comment from : jelly darling

Love language and every other subject Eager to learn more… put an Algebra equation in front of me and I turn into a confused volatile autistic kid
Comment from : Paprr!!

sped teacher here!!! that's for this!! I use your videos to educate my parents about their children's disabilities ❤️
Comment from : Brook

Ah, yes I spent most of school years flanking Math I just barely passed only because I showed up for class and turned in my awful homework
Comment from : Patricia Schuster

what I hate about my dyscalculia is, if I tell someone I have it (i tell mostly only in context) They start asking me math equations I cam do basics like 10+46 or something but if its 52+136, my brain clogs up I mean You guys know what i mean when I have it if I am playing some video game like cod and im trying to get thw k/d ratio from math, I will be wrong My friend WHO KNOWS ABOUT MY DYSCALCULIA, Will laugh at me and ask if im serious lets do another scenario: Im going shopping and I have to pay in cash, I will make sure that theres no change and if there is i want to make it easy for myself so i can still check if the change i get is correct Back in school in maths (excluding algebra) I usually sat around just barely passing, I never (but for one instance) had a very good grade The only thing i had 100 on in math (again excluding algebra) was a test with the multiplicatiom table How I did that? Well, on the test I didnt calculate a single equation, instead I learnt it by heart So for my dyscalculia ass to have success in maths exam yi had to learn every single ewuation and that only works for the multiplicatiom table and algebra I was very good at algebra because theres usually no numbers I actually excelled at algebra Ots judt patterns all arpund that i only had to memorise In math apart from ths multiplicatiom table theres no patters so no chance to memorize for me I cant even solve something like 108-56 i dont stand a chance Okay so, If xou read this after the video and you were confused about what this is, I hope I could clear some things cpr you
Comment from : ToyWolfTM

Thank Ypu! ☺️👍🏼 Dyscalculia is my condition I thought it was dislexia! 😅
Comment from : Alejandra Castillo

I was 36 when I figured out how cool a ruler really was There were so many little points which to measure💐🌻💐🌻
Comment from : Robin Whitman

I’m a 44 year old man and had to stop watching this part way in because it made me cry I grew up with dyscalculia along with a motor deficit in my hand writing I can count to infinity, no problem, but visualization, order of operations and patterns were and are major problems for me It killed my self esteem to have to go to LD classes, the majority of my teachers didn’t believe that I had anything wrong with me, that I was either dumb or worse, just lazy In college I had to threaten to sue to stay in certain classes because the professors didn’t want to accommodate me I dreamed of becoming an electrical engineer, but had to settle on being a technician because there was no way I could have survived the math Where I work it’s more of the same, it’s all about title rather than ability, and I find most engineers hardly use the level of math their degree required While I feel fortunate for making it as far as I have despite it, it really has robbed me of so many things in my life I don’t think I can finish this video It just makes me sad
Comment from : SlipSpectrum

My entire life I’ve struggled with numbers always being scared of being asked a math or doing anything to avoid knowing I would look like the dumbest person I the room
Comment from : Rolando Rodriguez

I wanna cry so much simply because I relate to so much of this my hearts is broken on the inside
Comment from : Rolando Rodriguez

Wow I was diagnosed with “slow fine motor skills” and my whole life I never had a name for it I’m fucking dyslexic I have dyscalulia and dysgraphia I can finally do the proper research and make the changes needed to help myself succeed in life!
Comment from : G1itch Witch

Imagine once having a human calculator for a father and having severe discalculia
Comment from : RoseOfTheNight4444🌹🌌

why do you keep referencing only children with this disability ? I'm an adult man of 58 and had excruciating difficulties with numbers and math my whole life This is the first time I have heard that my number/math issues has an actual name You described my difficulties with numbers/math as a child very accurately; but this issue had never ever gotten better So my whole adult life has been adjusting how I deal with math/numbers in order to make sense of the adult world which has to deal with numbers/math Let alone people not understanding my issue with numbers/math It surely did not help when one has a Dad who is a mathematician/nuclear-engineer retired from NASA; who has always had very little patients with me & nmbrs/math Over the years I've made it clear to keep his frustration with me to himself We have a good loving relationship; but he knows not to go there "Dyscalculia", so very cool to know after all these years Thanks, Joe
Comment from : Joe Vasquez

My father was a literal genius at math We would sit at the kitchen table and he would try to teach me algebra in middle school It was hell I simply could not understand what came so easily to him He would yell at me that even an idiot can understand algebra I couldn't remember the rules of algebra and him yelling at me and insulting me definitely didn't help To this day, I hate math and I am math challenged
Comment from : ToBeFree ToBeMe

Doctor please with this disorder what are the things he or she must to to be coming better
Comment from : Samuel Mensah

Anxiety doesn’t even begin to express my feeling about math It’s so frustrating I loved algebra - loved it’s elegance but arithmetic was beyond me My teacher got so frustrated with me he finally sat next to me to watch me during a test and I screwed up all the numbers and at 63 I still cant do multiplication Have absolutely no ability with time I have to set alarms for everything because I hate being late to work I couldn’t tell you if something happened yesterday or last week, so I date everything But I can draw things from memory, can remember a painting in art history and strangely the decade if not the year of when it was painted But it’s by an association of events or styles In 6th grade my teacher told me the year had changed and I asked “why?” It seemed like a silly thing to do - number years - seasons were good enough and history was marked by events, styles and people My poor teachers didn’t know what to do with me since I was basically sweet but totally in my own world
Comment from : bckkm

I've struggled with math my whole life (not in a normal way) I was granted a test for dyscalculia but it showed negative But my extreme & unusual difficulty with math has remained the same my entire life Anything just reminding me of math gives me instant feelings of frustration and despair I can't understand it no matter how hard I try, no matter how much extra I study I don't know what's wrong with me I never had a stroke as far as I'm aware But I always had a tendency to brutally lose my ongoing train of thought, and I have facial recognition troubles and sometimes I struggle to remember normal everyday words in mid sentence My overall ability to react is slower than average, even my speech is slower than average I can't hold down jobs because of these disabilities They interfere with my everyday life all the time 😢
Comment from : Satanen Perkele

Ow gees I have had issues with numbers since child hoodbrbrAged 5 a Teacher hit me in frustration trying to teach me 😟brbrMy terror of Math got much worse after thatbrbrI tend to become anxious around figures…and my brain turns off completely it just won’t functionbrbrIt’s like my mind goes numbbrbrI’m a fantastic dancer and brilliantly practical
Comment from : Myra House

I have dyscalculia, I almost didn’t graduate college because of it I got kicked out for two semesters because my grades were so low in all my math classes I was diagnosed in 3rd grade I wish colleges would do more to accommodate people like me, like having special classes for us I was in many special Ed classes in jr high and high school
Comment from : matt1419

I have dyscalculia and I’m dyslexic brMy whole life has been a struggle !
Comment from : David B

I'm surprised dealing with dates, times and schedules wasn't mentioned It's easy for me to make mistakes even inputting dates on my phones calendar I actually sweat when scheduling a set of flights when I must be on time because the numbers seem right even if I check them My mind sort of doubles down
Comment from : C A

I won the LD jackpot brDyscalculia brDyslexia brSevere ADHDbrEducation in the 60's and 70's was such a joy Every report card said I was not living up to my potential My teachers came out of the "Teach by humiliation" school of teaching If we humiliate the student enough in front of their peers they will study harder I was bullied by the teachers along with the students brMy father was a mathematical genius and could not comprehend my total inability to do mathbrAdulting is no joy either Thank the Goddess for Tip Apps, Sale Apps, and calculators on our phones
Comment from : H Gaillard

I have dyscalculia and it doesn’t help that I have to do my exams soon
Comment from : Ashley

As someone who has Dyscalculi and faced abelism on this thanks
Comment from : Wolf Wizard

I always feel like a idiot I can do addition ,subtraction but can't do multiplication and division idk why ? And when I tell someone they just say I'm not paying attention and I'm in 8th grade having algebra questions and I don't know what to do I have my math exam after 2 days 😭 save me god !
Comment from : Lost airpod at bighit entertainment

I am 70 years old and just recently realized that I have dyscalculia I entered the 1st grade in 1958 and immediately had difficulty with what were termed "number papers" Unfortunately, learning disabilities were not recognized at the time (I myself could not understand why some of my classmates were unable to read, when I did it with ease) I would literally panic in 1st grade when the teacher instructed us to "pass your papers forward" and would shove my incomplete problem solving paper into my desk because I feared I would be punished for not completing it Astoundingly, I was never approached by the teacher inquiring why I hadn't turned any work in This caused me to develop a life long anxiety regarding mathematics I was unable to complete a nursing degree due to my inability to comprehend the higher math classes required Spent the majority of my life ashamed of my "stupidity" in mathematics
Comment from : jltrem

So my only issue with what was said here is the learned helplessness That’s not at all what happens! If someone’s brain isn’t wired for a certain subject and they struggle that’s not learned helplessness Learned helplessness happens when someone can master a skill and has demonstrated as such but they don’t want to put in the effort when needed, that’s learned helplessness
Comment from : Serenity

What if you have it but are a whiz with geometry
Comment from : Chance Blevins

I was bullied when I moved schools unexpectedly in the beginning of 3rd grade, that experience really affected me I wouldn’t ask questions because I was afraid of people laughing at me From 4-5th grade I used to cry almost every morning at school instead of eating breakfast and playing with other kids, I felt alone, overwhelmed and abandoned even at home I quickly realized I couldn’t do math correctly I would ask teachers after lecture but they wouldn’t do much and I felt so stupid and anxious, in middle it got worse I somehow got an A in math once, but after it was either D’s or F’s, everyone was good except for me and the teachers were rude, it made me feel even more anxious and depressed and I once had a teacher who was strict on math, I went to summer school for it and once resigned and left home crying because I felt stupid and frustrated, I always avoided and made excuses or stories up when my friends would ask about math or my math grades I also had been struggling with depression, anxiety and memory problems since I moved to that damn school in 3rd grade I didn’t graduate because of math and the rest of my problems and my family never cared for me, they would just scold me and be disappointed in me as always I’ve had a few jobs and tried to finish school but my mind holds me back and my inability to do math I feel so lost and stuck and horrible I want to study psychology and make my mom proud and overcome all negativities I love history too, and geography, I write and have been writing lyrics since I was in 6th grade, I speak 2 languages learning another one But I felt useless because none are as important as math is But I feel like I’m scared and I don’t have money or don’t know where to start or get help I honestly feel like a lost case
Comment from : Maria-Melek

I struggled through math when I was in elementary school basically learning none of it In middle school and high school I had to take two math classes every year to catch up my mother was very patient with me and helped me greatly once I left the public school system I managed to go to community college and using all the resources at my disposal and a TI-84 calculator achieve my associate's degree Now that I'm working on my bachelor's degree I'm struggling greatly because they took using the TI-84 off the table for the exam and so I make constant errors I'm not sure if I have this or not although when I was young I couldn't distinguish left or right I still feel terrible when I play a game because I do not feel confident keeping score I'm unable to to do very simple math in my head I'm curious of trying to find a way in which to actually get tested by somebody to see if I have this because part of me just wants to know at this point When I was a child they were trying to diagnose me with something or another but my parents were able to sort of intervene to prevent this
Comment from : A M

I've always felt confused when it came to math I used to be a GT student through elementary and middle school; I got in for being really good at english and being creative In middle school, they automatically put me in all advanced classes, including advanced math I felt so so stupid A friend once jokingly asked me, not knowing how hard it would stick, " dude how are you even in advanced math, you're not very smart haha" I'm in 11th now and I still don't know most of the multiplication table
Comment from : Garcia

To go through this as a kid, and have teachers bully you and make fun of you And not believe that you have a learning disability, regardless of the results from a psychological test proving that I had a disability, seriously made me want to destroy everything in sight Crazy that we have educators, people that are supposed to have a love for children Be so cruel to people, because the disorder doesn’t fall within the typical social norms
Comment from : Britteny Evans

I’ve been diagnosed with dyscalculia twice, and the most difficult part of it for me is so extreme that I’m almost hesitant to tell you because it sounds beyond belief I have more incredible trouble with spatial orientation than I can describe I’m 61 and I’ve lived in the same small town I was born in all of my life, but I get lost in it as easily as I would if you dropped me off in a metropolis I’d never seen, so for me the invention of GPS navigators has been nothing less than life changing
Comment from : Stuart Gardner

Struggling with maths honestly really ruined my time in school Took years to understand analogue clocks and I cant do most sums without writing them down I had to spend so much time learning concepts to scrape a pass I went down in subjects I enjoyed because I felt guilty studying them when I needed to keep practicing maths I loved science but not having the maths shut so many doors for me Watching all the other girls in class sail through chapters while I still couldn't grasp things got depressing
Comment from : Christine Blaney

I found out that i have this yesterday when my mom told me half drunk and i’m 20 and i tought my whole life that i’m dumb af
Comment from : xdemon

I was disguised with dyslexia from a young age I always had trouble spelling (thank god for spell check😂) I found it really hard with maths i thought dyslexia effected both (maths/reading) I couldn't tell the time till i started high school My parents tried to help me but they just gave up because they don't have patients for me My high school said i wasnt dyslexic at all and i got punished alot My teacher would make us do mental maths every morning and he would make my life i living hell It was the lowest point in my life Everyone thought I was so stupid I didn't have alot of friends but there was a science (phyics) teacher who understood me and helped me alot and i got myself the grades i needed for collage and ive got a great job in the electrical distribution network that i love I still find it hard with numbers and spelling to this day I remember trying to study for my first exams for hours and nothing would register with me Totally blank Luckily as i grew up it became less prevalent and i managed to work around it with getting a laptop for classes and even to this day i often use a calculator on my phone or spell check
Comment from : A Russell

I can relate to many of these comments Summer school, being punished, being teased, small classes, anxiety, working 10x harder than others and still not getting it right Anyways I'm a lawyer now
Comment from : Maureen Dixon

I have phonological dyslexia and I have dyscalculia and I’m waiting for my results to see if I have ADHD it really make my life hard especially since I’m only a 15 year old girl seeing people who are like me make me realise I’m not alone, so thank you
Comment from : Rae_Mento0_o

Finally an explanation to my issues Feeling relieved and want to cry The struggle is real
Comment from : Ramona Fowler

This was very informative Thank you so much
Comment from : Become Whole

This makes so much sense of my life I also have face blindnessis there a connection between the two?
Comment from : Ang Messenger

I seem to only have trouble with basic arithmetic Particularly with subtraction Particularly with odd numbers To which hinder higher echelon math such as long division Multiplication not as much But this in turn affects my ability to do algebra on paper I certainly can't do things in my head like a lot of people can I have to physically put the number somewhere on paper or count my fingers Geometry I'm a wiz with though Do you think that means dyscalcula or just bad at math?
Comment from : Chance Blevins

Its all me! I got PDD NOS and writing, talking and so is very easy; but not conting, handeling money, "seiing" numbers and so on (just thinking about it is giving me a headache!)!
Comment from : HMO Creations

I am 58 I just happened upon Dyscalculia by accident and now understand why I had such a problem with math as a child I still have issues with sequences, remembering phone numbersI just can't I am anxious about money concepts and find any situation requiring math to be stressful For exampleI cook a turkey every year at thanksgiving and christmas You would think after 40 years of cooking these things, I would know how long to cook it based on weight and size But no I have to get my math wiz husband to figure it out I have no idea how to do it Even that causes anxiety and I have avoided math as much as possible all my life
Comment from : Karen Warner

As a child I had and still have a speech problem and I have difficulty with higher math, algebra, and so on
Comment from : Eric Smock

🖤
Comment from : Shermar

Thankyou
Comment from : ADX

I think I have that but I am officially diagnosed with dyslexia so I might be getting mixed up
Comment from : Pug 46

I’m a musician studying for my Masters in Vocal Performance and Musicology, and I have a severe visual impairment, Autism, and ADHD I was newly diagnosed with Dyscalculia a couple of weeks ago Rhythm in music is my biggest downfall Knowing more about this condition makes so much sense as to why counting and maintaining rhythmic patterns is so difficult for me
Comment from : Hailey Paige

"Hello, we don't own a mic"
Comment from : ¡Not-So Daft Gamecraft!

I hated math so much in school because I just couldn't get it no matter how hard I tried and felt so dumb Eventually I just gave up and resigned myself to the fact that math would be the subject that kept me from being successful in school si I just stopped trying at all
Comment from : JustAnAnon

I cannot understand the analog clock😭
Comment from : MagicalPrincess888

imma 14 yr old girl with this and my teachers thing i am not paying attention
Comment from : MagicalPrincess888

Stupid horn honking
Comment from : Megan Rivera

I can’t stand how he’s saying it, proper or not 🤢
Comment from : Megan Rivera

I'm 33 and this 100 of this! Numbers definitely give me anxiety I said "Wow" outloud when you talked about anxiety Dead on video
Comment from : PMcFarland

All this years I thought I'm just dumb I didn't know that Dyscalculia exist and it's slowly making sense why I always feel lost when I see my classmates answer our teacher's questions immediately when I'm still trying to figure out what the answer is My parents would tease me about not being fast enough in reading an analog clock and would get into trouble when calculating total amounts or changes wrong in our store I've always been so slow when it comes to numbers and just thought, Well I guess "I'm just dumb" but yeah, I guess I'm not the only one struggling Ironically, I'm a BS Architecture Freshman😌 I'm so screwed but I'm still gonna do it😅
Comment from : Erial

I suffer from it but somehow when I took my ged test I scored 4 points above the national average!!! Lol so maybe everyone has it I’m just glad I didn’t have to learn math the retarded way they are teaching it now days
Comment from : Jason Jones

I have it It was very embarrassing throughout high school Actually the only part of mathematics I ever enjoyed is geometry
Comment from : John Donwood

All the schools I went to held me back in maths often keeping me from going home to learn in order to keep up and take me out of lessons I had enjoyed Some teachers would shout at me verbally berate me for not understanding It got to a point it has become a phobia I left school with infant level understanding of mathematics
Comment from : BansheegoesScReAmO

I’m an adult and I think I had this (might still have this) as a child I failed pre-algebra thrice I don’t know why people didn’t catch on I use crutches to this day I visualize “friendly” sets of numbers to do simple addition and subtraction For example my brain cannot do 7+5 without counting the 5 aloud (or with my fingers) but after the 3rd grade this is too embarrassing so I learned that I can redistribute numbers to pairs and memorize the answer 7+5 is the same as 6+6 so I can get to 12 without adding just remembering Multiplication in my head is a struggle and division is impossible It’s humiliating 🙈 I can’t believe I’m just now able to understand these challenges I have without feeling like I am making it up I just say I’m math-stupid Or say “my brain doesn’t do math”… I think I may actually have this LD
Comment from : MsLaBajo

I've only been diagnosed with dyscalculia in my 40's it explains so much about my early life and my insecurities and always feeling 'stupid' School was hell I was labeled stupid and dumb, my fourth grade teacher told my parents "She will probably get a job when she's an adult, she has a nice smile" My parent thought I was lazy My grade 6 teacher in 1986 used to stand me up in front of the class to make me do maths problems on the blackboard, saying I could not sit down until I'd finished showing the class, I'd just stand there frozen and mute, humiliated and trying not to cryhe did it because he thought it was funny Mr MacDowel I STILL HATE YOU My insecurities have plagued me though out my life and held me back I still can't remember my times tables, numbers make no sense to me, they jumble up and have no 'meaning' I can grasp onto I'm fine with everyday life and simple calculations if I'm not stressed/under pressure and I still secretly count on my fingers sometimes It's so good to read all these comments and know I wasn't stupid all those years and I'm not alone and we are ok
Comment from : Marianne

I wish that this was known about in the 70s Maybe I would have learned math more proficiently
Comment from : Shawna Gaytan

I have dyscalculia I always use my fingers to count If you asked me what 22 + 6 was, I would have to use my fingers to count
Comment from : Katanas Corner

I have Dyscalculia and Autism it's awful
Comment from : Paranormal Soul Circle

Throughout my childhood I seriously thought something was wrong with me because I simply didn’t know what the hell everything was And it’s ONLY in math but now that I’m in high school it can be embarrassing because I feel so dumb for not understanding
Comment from : Leah

The hardest parts about having dyscalculia People think you're lying, that it's a made up disability, and you're just stupid or lazy
Comment from : dead account

I haven't go to the doctor yet so I'm not diagnosing my selfbrbr I'm 14 and still counting on my fingers I'm struggling to know basic math like addition and multiplication I can't even memorize multiplication table sometimes I'm not surprised if I have small Math score and I do not consider my self stupid I'm even good at all subjects except math
Comment from : Allison Ali

All my life, I thought I was extremely stupid Every other subject I was good in or decent in But math It was the very bane of my learning career My dad was an asshole with it too He would put me on the spot with math questions , that he knew I had trouble with He made it known that I wasn't good with money and ridicule me for it I would panic and try to use my fingers to count It helped me in a sense brbrHe would compare me to my younger sister and say brbr" your little sister can do math easily? If she can do it, why can't you?"brbrAs if I wasn't trying my best It's not that I wouldn't do it I Couldn't do it After a while I had gave up, and started failing school I was in special ed classes, I didn't really care though I found my motivation in my senior year, and graduated I'm just happy to know there is a name to my struggle
Comment from : snarky foxy

I think all math teacher should know about the term and know how to diagnose it as welland if not diagnose at least have the ability to send a student to get diagnosed
Comment from : Alice n Wndrlnd

dyslexia and dyscalculia go together?
Comment from : Joanne L

I was diagnosed earlier this year and I started crying because my deficiency had an actual name I always just thought I was "math stupid" I was always "gifted" and in advanced placement with English and such was par for the course Words are obscenely easy for mebut with math, everything was scrambled It was so disjointed, backwards and even upside down I quit college for a while because I couldn't get any higher than Algebra, no matter how much I studied or how many tutors I acquired This is nothing to be ashamed of Seek assistance
Comment from : DarqueBeauty

I struggle with maths a lot, I can’t count change and I have just finally learned how to tell a clock time, it makes me worry a lot about getting a job ect, how do you get tested for this??
Comment from : Mitchell Hall

There's a name for it?? I'm not thick? Or "making it up"? I'm 45, can't read clocks without working it out🤷 can't do maths in my head🤷 the numbers don't stay there! Can't use a calculator, still wrong, don't know how🤷 Can't measure, can't judge timing & distance Cried much over math Can give you an answer, it COULD be right, probably wrong, don't know how🤷 I'm really good at reading & spelling My friend has dyslexia, struggles to read & write, however he's like a human maths/numbers machine We're not all good at both, we're not making it up, it's not "easy", we just cannot read numbers! Total foreign language Thankyou for upload Hasn't cured me at all but now I know I'm not alone & has buzzed me up 🐝🐝
Comment from : George Hickman