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Does anyone else here struggle with dyscalculia? (my.clevelandclinic.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Kuroneko@beehaw.org to c/neurodivergence@beehaw.org

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The link I shared has a lot of good information about this condition; it’s similar to dyslexia but for math. In school math was always my worst subject and it often took me multiple tries to pass my math classes. It baffled everyone around me because I was good at all my other subjects. I hadn’t heard of it until last year but it definitely explains why I’m so bad with numbers. I’m now wondering if anyone here on lemmy has it too.

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[–] wander@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sounds like me so much. I was one of those kids who loved reading and was reading way above my level but couldn't write for shit. Same with the analog vs digital, doesn't matter how much I practice it still takes me a solid 30 seconds to do all the "math" in my head to read analog unless I use it regularly. I swear the more I hear from other neurodivergents, the more I go, wait a second...

[–] chazzam@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

hah, yep. Very much sounds similar.

It was a bit disheartening that when my eldest was diagnosed with dyscalculia, they were just like: It sounds like you've already taught her some workarounds for it, and that's basically all you can do. It's not as well understood yet, so we don't really know what else to do to help still. The linked article kind of implies there something for young enough children, but doesn't go into details at all. The clinic we saw though, just makes it sound like those one on one treatments are just learning these workarounds...

I've never been diagnosed with anything myself, but hearing all the things that were pointed out as symptoms for my child, and it's all the same stuff I did/do... I imagine I probably could get diagnosed, but I don't think it would help with anything at this point.