Dyscalculia is a math disability, similar to dyslexia. A lot of people joke about having “math dyslexia” without realizing that it’s quite real. In addition to effecting a person’s number sense and ability to [...]]]> March 3rd is World Dyscalculia Day.  Celebrate by learning about this disorder, and helping to get the word out!

Dyscalculia is a math disability, similar to dyslexia. A lot of people joke about having “math dyslexia” without realizing that it’s quite real. In addition to effecting a person’s number sense and ability to work with math concepts, dyscalculia can cause difficulty telling time, reading a map, learning the rules to games, remembering dance steps, or dealing with formal music education. Also called “math disability” or “math disorder”, dyscalculia is recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV (315) as well as by the World Health Organization.

There are plenty of places to learn about dyscalculia on the web. To meet other folks with dyscalculia, check out the Dyscalculia Forum. For a basic introduction to the disorder, the wikipedia article is pretty thorough. LD Online has a description of the presentation of dyscalculia in different developmental stages, from early childhood through adulthood. Last but not least, there’s my own article at Squidoo, What The Heck Is Dyscalculia?, which is a humorous look at life as an adult with math disorder.

Happy World Dyscalculia Day!

Yesterday my lens on math disability, What the Heck is Dysclaculia, [...]]]> As you may know, I divide my online writing time between my blogs and Squidoo.  Squidoo is an online self-publishing platform that allows you to create articles, called “lenses”, without necessarily knowing all the technical stuff you need to know to run a Wordpress blog.

Yesterday my lens on math disability, What the Heck is Dysclaculia, was made Lens of the Day!

Of course, the validation is wonderful, but most importantly there are now hundreds of people who now know what dyscalculia is.  This includes people who saw themselves in the article, people who realized that it described their friends or family members, and teachers who are taking this information to their schools.  This is great news.  The better people are informed, the better life is for those of us who have math disorder.

Well, my perfectionism was not in vain, because I won the contest!  Yay!  You can check out [...]]]> Last week over at Well-Ordered Chaos I wrote about perfectionism and ADD.  I had spent 20 hours writing a lens for a Squidoo contest, even though I deliberately picked a topic that I thought would be easy and quick.

Well, my perfectionism was not in vain, because I won the contest!  Yay!  You can check out my lens here.