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Ben has been given a label of PDD, Educational Autism, PDD-NOS, Aspergers, ADHD, and the newest one, ED (emotionally disemboweled, er disturbed)...he shows signs of dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and dysentery (?). He went to speech for 6 years, OT for 6, and the Resource Room for 9. Now, I'm not saying that I despise the public schools at all. Ben found them torture in the second grade, his words...
Well of course it is, doh . Anyway, if two people with 'dyscalculia' go into an empty room and then three people come out, how many are left in the room?
I will say that it isn't easy, living with DCD (aka: dyspraxia) and dyscalculia, most especially when you are so aware of just how vast the world is, just how wondrous and full is the breath and scope of our history and experiences and knowledge--and, those things we do not yet know, those things we cannot necessarily see and touch, or readily explain. I cannot stress enough, how helpless I feel,...
If you struggle to tell the time, count your change or balance your bank account - could you have the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia? According to a new study, dyscalculia is more common than dyslexia. People with the condition have...
We learn from Arabawy that at least 3,000 Turinese recently demonstrated against a Israeli-themed book fair in their city. Good stuff. Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi referred to them as representing "o.oo%" of the population. Now, that may be a rhetorical exaggeration, but it could also stem from his accounting methods too.
Dr Anna Wilson, Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology talks to Mikey about her research into dyscalculia, a learning disability which makes it difficult for the brain to process and understand numbers and simple mathematics. For further info see www.aboutdyscalculia.org or email Dr Wilson on anna.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
I'd always wondered if there was an equivalent term to 'dyslexia' for people who had difficulty with numbers. I've only just discovered that there is: it's "dyscalculia". It doesn't mean 'bad at maths' but something much more profound and related to brain function. I read about the symptoms with astonished and delighted recognition because I've suffered from this malfunction since childhood. It
