Alll my life I have battled with maths. My mother spent a fortune every term on tutors for me, plus extra maths lessons during the holidays - you name it, I had it, year after year, but Nothing Worked.
As an adult I still battle with maths (even the simple stuff .
Now I've wondered if I'm discalculate. I found reading and writing at school very easy, so I'm obviously not dyslexic (I don't think?). But numbers are all gobbldygook to me.
I've noticed that dyslexia has a lot of attention and there's a lot of help for dyslexists, but I never hear of much help for people that are bad at numbers.
Yes, I know there are courses at college to help adults with literacy and numeracy skills - but I think they are geared more towards pupils that slipped through the net at school and didn't learn the basics, but with the right tuition can get to grips with maths again.
But, is there anything for those of us (espcially adults) who have a real problem?
Any advice?
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Discalculia not taken as seriously as Dyslexia.
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sweetnessandlite · 29/07/2014 22:05
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