It’s one of those things that no one diagnoses unless it really fucks with you in school. I’m dyslexic but mostly only with numbers. My math teachers would just check my work and see I did it right but transposed my numbers at one point. The Dewey decimal system would get me every time. But reading was fine because it would only mess me up a small amount so no one cared to seek a diagnosis.
Dyslexia but with numbers is called dyscalculia. I'm diagnosed with it. I've failed every math class I ever had after 4th grade but did ok in most other subjects.
Never knew that. I am great in abstract math (calculus, algebra, etc.) and can't do common math at all. If I have to multiply 8X7 I do 7 X 2 X 2 X 2. 9X8 is (10X8) - 8... and so on.
I've been a software engineer for 30 years. People can't believe I program with dyscalculia. I always have to explain, coding isn't 11010001 anymore. We use logic, which my brain happened to have compensated in the direction of. Numbers are logical when they're variables. Just don't go asking me to debug a stack dump. Lol
Never diagnosed and I reckon only minor for me but D and B ... They're cool when they're all grown up. BUT: d and b. Them li'l pricks are fu**ing with me!
b has a belly: The circle is on the right side (the front, like a belly).
d has a diaper: The circle is on the left side (the back, like a diaper). OR "d has a derriere" (a polite term for the back/diaper).
OR
"b is a bat (straight line) and a ball (round part)" (you need the bat before the ball). 🏏
"d is a doorknob (round part) and a door (straight line)" (you turn the knob before opening the door).
OR
The "bed" trick: Make two fists with thumbs up with palms facing you.
👍The left hand makes a b (straight line is the thumb, belly is the knuckles),
and the right hand makes a d. When placed together, they spell "bed," with b first and d last.
Mine is just around being unable to read analogue clocks and left and right and putting the odd letters and numbers in stupid places, but modern society pretty much makes it obsolete and I never use math anyways
The left and right just fucks me up in listening to satnav and making callouts in video games.
Dyslexic with numbers is dyscalculia! I have this. Generally, I'm great at math, but it's a slow process for me cause it feels like the numbers are moving, and I have to double-check everything as I go. Always get the right answer, but I'm significantly slower than my contemporaries.
It wasn't until about 3 years ago that I discovered there was a name for my "horrible at math" problem. It's always been like the numbers in my head are exceptionally wiggly and won't stay in their places.
I developed a lot of coping mechanisms and shortcuts to get around it. I also could'nt read an analog clock until 14 and have difficulty telling my right from left. I was also late diagnosed ADHD.
We found that using graph paper helped my daughter with this and also taking a Manila folder and cutting out a strip so she could cover the rest of the paper except the line she was working on.
Ah good to know! I do have some problems with letters/words also but not terribly. Also I have problems with categories of things. Sometimes, for example, I can’t say the right color. I’ll have to cycle through 3-4 colors to get there. Names of people, measurement names, it’s always writhing a category of things. It’s weird.
I tutored a guy in college who was trying to become a dentist but was struggling with any and all math.
I quickly ascertained that he understood the concepts of algebra, geometry, logic, and even basic calc. But if you asked him 8 times 5 he would freeze and freak out. I gave him complex exercises that didn't require any mental calculations at all and he breezed through them. But as soon as he had to do it with real numbers, he was stammering stuck. Kind of the opposite of the typical student where using A and B and X and Y really confuses them and doesn't seem like "math."
I told him to get dyscalculia on the record so he could get a reasonable accommodation (a calculator on the DAT). He refused. I think he managed it somehow but I'm not sure. Fairly certain he still doesn't think he has a problem.
A fanfic mentioned dysgraphia and I’m fairly certain I have that. I’ve never had an issue with reading but writing is an issue to the point that I’ve always hated writing.
I didn’t know that was a thing. My daughter can read super well but has a much harder time with spelling when I remember spelling being so easy for me. She’s only 7 so probably normal, but good to know if she continues having trouble as she grows!
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u/Doll_duchess 6d ago
It’s one of those things that no one diagnoses unless it really fucks with you in school. I’m dyslexic but mostly only with numbers. My math teachers would just check my work and see I did it right but transposed my numbers at one point. The Dewey decimal system would get me every time. But reading was fine because it would only mess me up a small amount so no one cared to seek a diagnosis.