What Is Dyscalculia?
I have a learning problem — condition, disability, whatever you wanna call it — called dyscalculia.
So I figured it was about time (ha, you’ll see why that’s a pun soon,) that I let you know what that entails, and why that means I struggle with a lot of things that most people find easy.
Disclaimer time: I am not a medical, educational, psychology, or neurological expert. I’m a Welsh chick with a blog.
So, what is dyscalculia?
In its simplest explanation, dyscalculia is the maths version of dyslexia.
It affects numeracy, rather than literacy, and also affects a lot of things related to mathematical ways of seeing the world that most people don’t actually associate with maths.
Have I been diagnosed?
No. I’ve not been formally diagnosed with dyscalculia.
In the UK, you need to be diagnosed by an educational psychologist. If your school picks up on it, you usually get the diagnosis as part of the education system.
If your school doesn’t pick up on it, and you leave school without a diagnosis, then you have to find an educational psychologist yourself.
