Dyscalculia - The MATH disability

MANY with depression also have learning disabilities

4-6% of the world population is said to have dyscalculia, but it is extremely unknown. Most dyscalculics don’t even know that this exists - even fever gets the help they need to succeed, in school, job situations and life.

Dyscalculia is in the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) - and that means, that this is an approved disability.

Here’s a list of common dyscalculia symptoms;

- Normal or above normal verbal skills: reading, writing, spelling. Good in areas of science, until math is required. May be good at geometry.

- Problems with time and direction. Having a hard time remembering schedules and keeping track of time. Gets lost easily and seem absent minded.

- Bad at addition, subtraction, division and multiplication - may be able to do an assignment one day, and forget how to do it the next.

- Cannot do taxes, budgeting or balance checkbooks. May be afraid of money.

- Unable to remember math rules, concepts, order of operations and basic math facts.

- May have problems with motor skills - can't remember sequences in aerobics/dance steps, fingering when playing an instrument etc.

- Cannot remember rules and understand strategy in games and sports.

Read more at http://www.dyscalculiaforum.com or http://www.dyscalculia.org

(To the moderators; I'm just a dyscalculic interested in making dyscalculia a known problem, nothing else )

I have this disability and for those wondering about it, it is as real as dsylexia.