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Students with dyscalculia obviously struggle with solving math problems, but it also carries over into other areas of life. They have problems memorizing different signs and signals such as stop signs. For this, you just have to remind the child when they are young and maybe do some fun memorization games.

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Dyscalculia is a specialized learning disorder that affects a student's ability to learn or retain math skills. Get help for Dyscalculia: 1-800-877-5500

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Students with dyscalculia may struggle with expressing what they need. They may feel embarrassed. Some things they could say "could I skip being the score keeper" or "Can you help me know when I'm running out of time".

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Self-Advocacy Sentence Starters for Grade-Schoolers With Dyscalculia

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Grade-schoolers with dyscalculia may not know what to say when they need help. Here are some sentence starters you can teach kids to self-advocate and practice speaking up for what they need.

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Your child may feel embarrassed of their disability. Help your child understand their disability by acknowledging their struggles and praising their work. Some challenges the child may encounter are: having trouble remembering things like phone numbers, zip codes, game scores. They can struggle with money such as, making change, counting bills, calculating a tip, splitting a check, or estimating how much something might cost.
https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids-dyscalculia/
https://childmind.org/article/how-to-spot-dyscalculia/#:~:text=The%20disorder%20can%20also%20affect,how%20much%20something%20will%20cost.

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As a parent who has a child with dyscalculia, you can play dominoes together. Playing dominoes can help them understand simple math concepts easier. Parents should avoid using worksheets and play games to reinforce math facts instead. Children find games more fun and interesting. You can use other strategies to teach your child math, like using legos or blocks to teach simple addition and subtraction.

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Many children struggle with learning disabilities that can hinder their ability to process and understand information. Dyscalculia is a developmental disorder that involves difficulty conceptualizing and performing mathematics. The following are several practical ways that parents can help a child who struggles with dyscalculia.

Play With Dominoes
Playing games that use dominoes can help a child more easily understand simple math concepts. Specialist Ronit Bird states that a child should learn to recognize the number patterns on the dominoes and dice instead of counting the individual dots each time. Start by using dominoes and dice by themselves so your child feels comfortable with these objects. Next, find a game your child enjoys that uses these items.

Resist Using Worksheets
Whenever possible, parents should play games with their children to reinforce math facts instead of relying on worksheets. Games are almost always more interesting for kids. They present math as fun challenges to solve instead of boring concepts to memorize. If worksheets are used, it may be necessary to highlight important numbers in the instructions and throughout various problems. Allow your child to use a variety of colored pencils when completing worksheets, as it may help them more easily organize their work.

Use Manipulatives
Seeing and handling a tangible object will help a child better understand the abstract principles of mathematics. Legos and simple blocks can be used to teach addition and subtraction. TheSchoolRun.com suggests using a counter when working with children. Actually covering a certain number of counters with your hands will enable your child to more easily visualize different groups of numbers.

Learn the Language of Math
Parents should encourage their child to talk out loud as they work through a problem or new math concept. Children who struggle with math may have good language skills that could help make the mathematical process easier. It's a good idea for children to learn several synonyms for a variety of math terms. For example, when discussing addition problems they could use terms such as "plus," "increase" and "more than." Explain basic terms to your child and allow them to talk about each definition, describing what it means in their own words.

Create Visual Models
While this is similar to using manipulatives, creating visual models can expand beyond working with basic handheld objects. Understood.org advises moving around large objects in a room or drawing pictures to vividly explain aspects of math problems. Even simple household objects such as different colored socks or pairs of shoes can be used to teach addition and subtraction.

Use Accommodations
Accommodations can include everything from circling keywords in math sentences to giving your child extra paper to work out math problems. You should also discuss with your child's teacher accommodations that can be implemented at school. A few include extra time given for tests and access to a math resource room if one is available. The school may also allow a child with dyscalculia to use a calculator when working on daily math problems as well as tests.

Teach Toward Understanding
While learning math can be broken into sections, it's always a good idea to have the end goal in mind. Memorizing facts -- such as multiplication tables -- is a good idea, but simply memorizing facts won't always lead to real understanding of a math concept or process. Start by instructing your child to reason through a problem using logic instead of rote memorization. It's also a good idea to memorize a few basic strategies that have wide application.

While each one of these strategies may not work with every child, finding even a few that do will likely go a long way in helping a child build their math skills. It's important for parents to acknowledge the struggles and praise the progress that's achieved with each new skill that their child masters.

Contact us today to schedule an assessment. You can also view the research and results of the program on the website.

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7 Practical Ways Parents Can Help a Child with Dyscalculia

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Many children struggle to process and understand information. Dyscalculia is the difficulty of conceptualizing & performing math. Here are 7 ways to help!

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Chalanges with Independence - Emily Shively

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Chalanges with Independence - Emily Shively

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Students with dyscalculia may struggle with independece because they have a hard time with things such as telling the time. Sometimes they can't read a clock which effects another aspect of dyscalculia which is either being very late or very early. It is also possible they struggle with their lefts and rights. To help the time issue, make sure you have schedules up in the classroom, and maybe work with telling time with the kids, but make sure you have digital clocks in the classroom as well. Also do activites so they can work on their rights and lefts as well.

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Dyscalculia affects more than a child's ability to handle math class and homework. Math skills and concepts are used everywhere from the kitchen to the playground to the workplace. It's understandable to be concerned about the long-term impact of dyscalculia. But once a person's weaknesses have been identified, one can find ways to work around them by building on the strengths. Here are some everyday skills and activities a child may find difficult:

Social skills: Failing repeatedly in math class can lead to the child to assume that failure is inevitable in other areas too. Low self-esteem can affect the child's willingness to make new friends or participate in afterschool activities. The child might also avoid playing games and sports that involve math and keeping score.

Sense of direction: Your child might have trouble learning left from right. He may have trouble getting to places by reading maps or following directions. Some children with dyscalculia cannot picture things in their minds. The child may have trouble imagining how a building or other three-dimensional object would look if it was viewed from another angle. This will cause them difficulties with direction. At an older age, this will result in issues in driving.

Physical coordination: Dyscalculia can affect how the brain and eyes work together. So a child may have trouble judging distances between objects. The child may seem clumsier than other kids the same age.

Money management: Dyscalculia can make it difficult to stick to a budget, balance a checkbook and estimate costs. It can also make it hard to calculate a tip and count exact change.

Time management: Dyscalculia can affect the child's ability to measure quantities, including units of time. The child may have trouble estimating how long a minute is or keeping track of how much time has passed. This can make it hard to stick to a schedule.

Other skills: A child may have trouble figuring out how much of an ingredient to use in a recipe, might have a hard time estimating how fast another car is moving or how far away it is.

Source: UNESCO MGIEP, Myth #1: All children with dyscalculia have the same difficulties with math. www.understood.org Myth #2: Dyscalculia is another name for math anxiety.
Fact: Dyscalculia actually refers to a wide range of math issues, so your child's trouble spots may be different from another child's. For example, some children with dyscalculia have a hard time with number concepts. Others have difficulty with the kind of visual-spatial thinking that is needed for geometry. What most children with dyscalculia have in common, though, is challenges remembering basic math facts and completing math problems.
Myth #3: Dyscalculia is basically dyslexia for math.
Fact: Dyscalculia and math anxiety are not the same thing. It's understandable that people confuse the two, though. It is common for kids who struggle with math-like kids with dyscalculia-to become anxious about doing math homework or going to math class.

Fact: Although dyscalculia is sometimes referred to as 'math dyslexia', that is just a nickname. Dyscalculia and dyslexia are separate conditions that may have some overlapping symptoms. Children dealing with both tend to have difficulty with language-based math issues, such as solving word problems and learning math vocabulary.

Myth #4: Dyscalculia isn't very common.
Myth #5: Children with dyscalculia can't learn math.
Fact: Dyscalculia has not been studied as much as other conditions like dyslexia, but that does not mean it is uncommon. In fact, some researchers argue that dyscalculia is as common as dyslexia.

Fact: Children with dyscalculia may have a harder time learning math as compared to other children, but that doesn't mean they cannot learn it-or even excel at it. There are classroom accommodations a child's teacher can use, as well as strategies and apps that can be tried at home to make learning math easier...and even fun! Certain types of assistive technologies can make learning math a more positive and successful experience for your child.

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Dyscalculia can affect many different areas of life. Having dyscalculia can make ones self esteem pretty low. This can make communicating and making new friends difficult. It is also common that children struggling with dyscalculia may avoid playing games or playing sports that involve kept track of the score. To help this, maybe start doing more small group activities in the classroom so kids can get more comfortable with their peers.

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Dyscalculia affects more than a child's ability to handle math class and homework. Math skills and concepts are used everywhere from the kitchen to the playground to the workplace. It's understandable to be concerned about the long-term impact of dyscalculia. But once a person's weaknesses have been identified, one can find ways to work around them by building on the strengths. Here are some everyday skills and activities a child may find difficult:

Social skills: Failing repeatedly in math class can lead to the child to assume that failure is inevitable in other areas too. Low self-esteem can affect the child's willingness to make new friends or participate in afterschool activities. The child might also avoid playing games and sports that involve math and keeping score.

Sense of direction: Your child might have trouble learning left from right. He may have trouble getting to places by reading maps or following directions. Some children with dyscalculia cannot picture things in their minds. The child may have trouble imagining how a building or other three-dimensional object would look if it was viewed from another angle. This will cause them difficulties with direction. At an older age, this will result in issues in driving.

Physical coordination: Dyscalculia can affect how the brain and eyes work together. So a child may have trouble judging distances between objects. The child may seem clumsier than other kids the same age.

Money management: Dyscalculia can make it difficult to stick to a budget, balance a checkbook and estimate costs. It can also make it hard to calculate a tip and count exact change.

Time management: Dyscalculia can affect the child's ability to measure quantities, including units of time. The child may have trouble estimating how long a minute is or keeping track of how much time has passed. This can make it hard to stick to a schedule.

Other skills: A child may have trouble figuring out how much of an ingredient to use in a recipe, might have a hard time estimating how fast another car is moving or how far away it is.

Source: UNESCO MGIEP, Myth #1: All children with dyscalculia have the same difficulties with math. www.understood.org Myth #2: Dyscalculia is another name for math anxiety.
Fact: Dyscalculia actually refers to a wide range of math issues, so your child's trouble spots may be different from another child's. For example, some children with dyscalculia have a hard time with number concepts. Others have difficulty with the kind of visual-spatial thinking that is needed for geometry. What most children with dyscalculia have in common, though, is challenges remembering basic math facts and completing math problems.
Myth #3: Dyscalculia is basically dyslexia for math.
Fact: Dyscalculia and math anxiety are not the same thing. It's understandable that people confuse the two, though. It is common for kids who struggle with math-like kids with dyscalculia-to become anxious about doing math homework or going to math class.

Fact: Although dyscalculia is sometimes referred to as 'math dyslexia', that is just a nickname. Dyscalculia and dyslexia are separate conditions that may have some overlapping symptoms. Children dealing with both tend to have difficulty with language-based math issues, such as solving word problems and learning math vocabulary.

Myth #4: Dyscalculia isn't very common.
Myth #5: Children with dyscalculia can't learn math.
Fact: Dyscalculia has not been studied as much as other conditions like dyslexia, but that does not mean it is uncommon. In fact, some researchers argue that dyscalculia is as common as dyslexia.

Fact: Children with dyscalculia may have a harder time learning math as compared to other children, but that doesn't mean they cannot learn it-or even excel at it. There are classroom accommodations a child's teacher can use, as well as strategies and apps that can be tried at home to make learning math easier...and even fun! Certain types of assistive technologies can make learning math a more positive and successful experience for your child.

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Talk about having dyscalculia to your friends. When you go out, communicate with them and tell them you have to do the simple math in splitting the bill. Don't let anybody help you. It'll take longer than usual, but you have to learn.
You can ask your friends how much they spend a month on groceries and multiply it by 12 to see how much they spend in a year. It's a fun way, but you're still learning and doing basic math.

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Look at two number plates, ignore the letters and look at the numbers. Now add them together. Eg 694 GAH & 551 FRE

Now add the 694 + 551

"How the hell do I do that!!" I hear you cry.

Helpful hint : I always thought when doing mental maths you had to start adding from 👉 right hand of numbers as you do with a write calculation.

However when someone enlightened me (thank you Steph) that it's way easier to count from the LEFT 👈 when doing mental maths, Life became a lot easier.

Below is my thought process :

Now you have 1100 in your head.

2. Take the MIDDLE number 9 + 5 =14

Now you have to add the two middle 1's together and you have 124 in your head

eg 1 1 00

+ 1 40

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1240

3. Last take the RIGHT hand number 4 +1 = 5

Now you add the 5 to the end of the sum and it makes 1245

Jesus, hope that hasn't completely thrown you but it works for me!

Now you've practiced and mastered those. Look at Dyscalculia Help For Adults part 2

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Look at two number plates, ignore the letters and look at the numbers. Now add them together. Eg 694 GAH & 551 FRE Now add the 694 + 551 "How the hell do I do that!!" I hear you cry.

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1.) One accommodation that can be given to someone with Dyscalculia could be access to a calculator (they know how to use) during class or work. With this, they won't need to stress about not understanding the work and mixing up numbers.

2.) Another accommodation that can be given is a quiet space to work. I can be overwhelming if you are not understanding a topic and their is the noise of the classroom in the background. Sometimes, if you have a quiet space to work in, you will only focus on what you are working on, rather than the other distractions.

3.) Another accommodation that can be given to a person with Dyscalculia is in-school tutoring or homework help. If someone is teaching a person with Dyscalculia in a way that they can understand then they have a better chance of success. The teacher can only do so much for each individual student, so if there's someone else to help the people that are behind, this can be very beneficial.

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An example of no/low level assistive technology you could use for dyscalculia could be simply some math fact cards or 2D and 3D geometric shapes. This could help with learning math facts, and recognizing shapes.

An example of mid level assistive technology you could use for dyscalculia would be a talking calculator or an audio recorder. The talking calculator would help the student be more aware of what they are imputing. The audio recorder would help, because then students can play back the lesson and possibly get some clarification.

An example of high level assistive technology you could use for dyscalculia could be math software such as MathType. This helps the student, because in the software they can notate math problems using a mouse or keyboard. Another example could be a math software that uses voice recognition. MathType also offers this. The student can say the problem and the software will convert it. This will help them understand different types of problems, and the correct symbols.

https://learningabledkids.info/assistive-technology/assistive_technology_math/assistive-technology-for-dyscalculia-and-math-disabilities/

https://www.grayson.edu/Wiki/Assistive%20Technology.html#:~:text=Students%20who%20have%20dyscalculia%20can,otherwise%20struggle%20in%20math%20classes.

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I feel that a person with Dyscalculia can get very frustrated with themselves if they can't grasp a concept that may seem easier to others. In this case, I would tell the person to calm down and so their work at their own pace. No one is perfect at everything. I would also tell them to use their resources and assistive technology so they can do their work to the best of their ability.

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Some assessments given when evaluating for dyscalculia are: computation skills, math fluency, mental computation, and dyscalculia testing. Kids with dyscalculia are entitled to accommodations while at school, such as access to a calculator, extra time on tests if needed, and a quiet space to work. Some strategies that may help with completing assessments are: creating separate worksheets for word and number problems, break down worksheets into sections, use an extra piece of paper to cover the rest of the test you aren't working on helping you to focus on the problem you're working on.
https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids-dyscalculia/#:~:text=Kids%20with%20dyscalculia%20may%20also,a%20quiet%20space%20to%20work.

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/test-for-dyscalculia

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyscalculia#

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Some common challenges that people with dyscalculia have are: time management skills, inability to recall schedules, limited planning ability, and weakness in math

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In most cases, 20%-60% of people with dyscalculia are  diagnosed with ADHD. Anxiety disorder mood disorder are also very common with Dyscalculia.

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Do/Can any other disabilities exist in addition to this primary diagnosis?

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Some characteristics of Dyscalculia include: Having trouble counting backwards, getting numbers mixed up, slow to perform calculation, high levels of math anxiety, and more.

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Academic:
Struggles recalling math facts, concepts, rules, formulas, sequences, and procedures
Inconsistent understanding of math facts
Slowness in understanding math concepts in word problems
Confusing math operations signs or doing them in the wrong order

Behavioral:
High math anxiety
May become withdrawn
Have low self worth

Functional:
Being very early or late
Struggles with left and right orientation
Limited strategic planning ability

https://www.washington.edu/doit/what-are-typical-challenges-students-math-related-learning-disabilities-face#:~:text=Some%20common%20challenges%20faced%20by,%2C%20reading%2C%20and%20recalling%20numbers.

https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/how-to-help-a-child-with-dyscalculia-in-the-classroom/#:~:text=Children%20with%20dyscalculia%2C%20where%20unsupported,esteem%20can%20easily%20be%20affected.

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Some common challenges faced by learners with Dyscalculia, a learning disability that affects performance in mathematics include:

Mistakes such as number additions, substitutions, transpositions, omissions, and reversals in writing, reading, and recalling numbers.

Difficulty with abstract concepts of time and direction.

Inability to recall schedules and sequences of past or future events.

Being chronically early or late.

Inconsistent results in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Inability to visualize; appearing absentminded or lost in thought.

Difficulty remembering math facts, concepts, rules, formulas, sequences, and procedures.

Inconsistent mastery of math facts.

Difficulty with left and right orientation.

Difficulty following sequential procedures and directions in math steps.

Slowness in understanding math concepts in word problems.

Confusing operations signs or performing them in wrong order.

Difficulty keeping score during games.

Limited strategic planning ability.

This list is adapted from Dyscalculia.org.

For more information on Dyscalculia, consult Accommodating Math Students with Learning Disabilities.

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What are typical challenges students with math-related learning disabilities face?

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Some common challenges faced by learners with Dyscalculia, a learning disability that affects performance in mathematics include: Mistakes such as number additions, substitutions, transpositions, omissions, and reversals in writing, reading, and recalling numbers. Difficulty with abstract concepts of time and direction. Inability to recall schedules and sequences of past or

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What are the academic, behavioral, or functional areas of struggle based on this disability?

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Some challenges with dyscalculia include:
-trouble handling money
-keeping track of finances
-runs out of time when doing tasks
-difficulty in math and number-based learning.
When it comes to socializing:
-avoiding playing popular games like uno
-having low self-esteem
-getting teased
-being afraid to drive to new places because you often have trouble navigating your speed
https://www.understood.org/en/articles/4-ways-dyscalculia-can-affect-social-skills

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Dyscalculia in Adults

Dyscalculia-like other learning disabilities-isn't just for kids. Adults with dyscalculia find it difficult to keep track of numbers, perform simple calculations, and memorize basic math facts. Dyscalculia in adults can affect everything from purchasing your morning coffee to driving to your friend's house.

If you have dyscalculia as an adult, you may have had it from the moment you were born, or it may be the result of a brain injury or stroke. Either way, symptoms can present themselves in a wide range of ways; you may perform some math-related tasks without problems - while struggling with others - or you may have challenges across the board.

Dyscalculia Symptoms in Adults at Home

Monetary transactions, DIY projects, or even a friendly game of pick-up football may be sidelined by dyscalculia. At home, symptoms might include:

Trouble doing mental math; gives incorrect change, for instance, or needs a calculator to figure out a tip

Frequently late, occasionally missing important events altogether

Finds it difficult to remember names

Often drives too fast or too slow, or vastly misjudges how long it will take to drive somewhere

Needs to write down a phone number immediately to remember it

Gets lost easily; misplaces objects around the house frequently

Struggles to keep score in games; often loses track of whose turn it is

Slow to tell time on an analog clock

Poor memory for anything number-related, like dates or facts

Struggles to learn dance steps or anything involving motor sequencing

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Dyscalculia Symptoms in Adults at Work

Even if your job doesn't directly involve math, you may still be confronted with it at work. If you have dyscalculia, symptoms in the workplace may include:

Gets anxious at the thought of having to do math unexpectedly at work

Trouble handling money or keeping track of finances

Frequently runs out of time while doing a task, or fails to plan enough time for all the things that need to be done

Trouble understanding graphs or charts

Finds it hard to understand spoken math equations, even very simple ones

Skips numbers or transposes them when reading a long list or spreadsheet

Finds it difficult to use Excel formulas

Uses fingers to count or marks pages with tally marks to keep track of numbers

Often gets several different answers to the same math problem; needs to check work over and over again

Unable to remember math rules or times tables

If this sounds like you, you may be showing symptoms of dyscalculia. Getting an accurate evaluation - usually from an educational psychologist or another kind of learning specialist - is the first step to overcoming challenges and setting up the supports you need to be successful.
[Related Video: Early Warning Signs of Dyscalculia]

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What Does Dyscalculia Look Like in Adults?

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If you struggle with math at home and in the workplace, you may have dyscalculia. This breakdown of common symptoms in adults may help you better understand this learning disability and its warning signs.

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Identify challenges in the following areas:
- School
- Home
- Community
- Employment (for adults)
- Relationships
- Social and Emotional

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It is common to occur in 3%-6% of the population. It is as equally likely to affect females as males. 3–7% of all children, adolescents, and adults suffer from dyscalculia.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440373/

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Dyscalculia is often caused through deficits in math skills, heredity, genes, or brain development.
https://www.edubloxtutor.com/what-causes-dyscalculia/

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Dyscalculia is a learning disorder in math. People with dyscalculia struggle with this at many different levels.

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-dyscalculia

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23949-dyscalculia

Emily Shively

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This week, you will be working in groups based upon your chosen disability. During each class, you will be given a set of criterion to follow to construct your own research and find resources to create a disability padlet. On Friday of this week, you will be teaching another group about your disability using the padlet you have created, which will lead into our second edition of the Who Am I? Demystification poster regarding Specific Learning Disabilities.

Tasks: Conduct your own research (I have given you a head start with the resource hub) on each of the subtopics for each day. As always, based on course policy, do not copy and paste. Quote, summarize, and paraphrase. For each subtopic, you will also be required to find two resources (videos, links, websites, pdfs, etc.) to assist and teach others. Provide a brief description for each of your resources as well.

Subtopics: In each subtopic, you will need the following:
- Defining, summarizing, quoting, or paraphrasing to give an understanding of each one.
- Two resources + an explanation of each one.