I'm diseased!

Aug 06, 2007 21:58

I'm 90% sure I have dyscalculia.

...a genetically-linked learning disability which affects a person's ability to understand, remember, and/or manipulate numbers and/or number facts (e.g. the multiplication tables).

Frequent difficulties with arithmetic, confusing the signs: +, −, ÷ and ×.

Reliance on 'counting-on' strategies, e.g., using fingers, rather than any more efficient mental arithmetic strategies.

Difficulty with everyday tasks like checking change and reading analog clocks.

Problems differentiating between left and right.

Having a poor sense of direction (i.e., north, south, east, and west), potentially even with a compass.

Difficulty navigating or mentally "turning" the map to face the current direction rather than the common North=Top usage.

Having difficulty mentally estimating the measurement of an object or distance (e.g., whether something is 10 or 20 feet away).
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