How can we better understand the experience of being dyscalculic?

As dyscalculia-awareness grows, more adults are discovering the reason for their life-long struggles. They are dyscalculic.

Dyscalculic students become lost in a confusion of numbers, dates, measurements, sequencing.

While in London, I had the honor of meeting Brian Butterworth, professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology and dyscalculia researcher at the University College London.

I traveled for the first time to the U.K. to meet (in-person) some of the dyscalculia experts I have been learning from, following, and connecting with these past several years.

By "foundational number-sense," I mean we go as far back as we can to explore the early ideas of number and quantity.

There is another aspect of driving that is difficult for dyscalculic, which is quick mental estimations and calculations regarding speed, space, and time.

This scientific study offered an intriguing proposal on dyscalculia memory issues.

This calendar and planner makes a little more sense to those with dyscalculia. Here is how it works.

Even though she was in sixth grade at this point, she had never understood that there was a ten in every teen number.

If you've been following me long enough, you have heard me talk about the importance of dot patterns for dyscalculics of all ages. Well, what are dot patterns?

We fear our students will forget everything they learned over the school year and won’t be ready for the school year ahead. Let’s simplify our summer learning plan and expectations.

These executive function issues could resemble those related to ADHD. But ADHD was not the cause of her struggles. The reason for her lack of focus, seemingly careless mistakes, and distractibility was that she was dyscalculic.

Driving is one of those every-day tasks that is more complicated and stressful for dyscalculic individuals.

We hear a lot about the importance of playing games to develop math comprehension. But I want to talk about some important considerations if your child is dyscalculic.

Let’s talk about how to look deeper at issues that a child may be having in math class, such as a struggle to understand fractions. My daughter did not have many of the pre-skills required to learn fractions.

It felt like my daughter was always late getting out the door on time. I constantly felt frustrated by this until I realized WHY she was having trouble.

I get asked a lot about calculators and having a math learning disability / dyscalculia and I have a few thoughts that I want to share with you about dyscalculia and calculators.

A surprisingly simple and powerful step you can take to clear away the confusion that comes with having a dyscalculic child.

Where is all the information on dyscalculia? Why doesn’t it seem anyone knows anything?

Class presentation on dyscalculia, written and presented by an 8th grade student.

Do you hate math? Do numbers, and calculations, and math class, stress you out so much?

Dyscalculia is a learning disability. It is often diagnosed as quote "a specific learning disability with an impairment in math."

I ask how she found out she was dyscalculic. She responded, “You mean, how did I find out I wasn’t stupid?”

"What is at the core of dyscalculia? What is the central issue with math learning disabilities?"

I wasn’t sure how we were going to successfully navigate high school algebra this year.

During the spring of my daughter’s 8th grade year, I began looking into the options for high school. I was curious about how my daughter would navigate high school with a little-known learning disability, dyscalculia.