Dyscalculia: A Quick Look

Dyscalculia: A Quick Look
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National Center for Learning Disabilities

What you should know about dyscalculia:

  • Dyscalculia refers to a wide range of learning difficulties involving math skills.
  • There is no single form of dyscalculia - difficulties can vary from person to person and can change throughout a lifetime.
  • Two major areas of weakness that are responsible for learning disabilities in math are
  • Visual-spatial difficulties - which result in a person having trouble processing what the eye sees
  • Language processing difficulty - which result in a person having trouble processing and making sense of what the ear hears.
  • Like all learning disabilities, dyscalculia is a life-long challenge.
  • Using alternate learning methods, people with dyscalculia can learn how to achieve success.
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