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Post by ellyodd on Dec 19, 2004 15:55:46 GMT -5
Often dyscalculia has company with these problems. What do you have of it?
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Post by cath on Jan 16, 2005 19:08:11 GMT -5
yep...I have most of those I am always late for everything... not because I can't be bothered to be on time but because I have absolutely no concept of time whatsoever What I think will take say 10 mins in actual fact takes over 30 mins. I can't seaquence dance or line dance because I can't remember after the first three steps, infact I can't remember anything if it's more than a few instructions...that goes for telephone numbers... mobiles phew ..no way! directions.. taken or given.. if I give directions I get flustered and send people all the long way round. I can't do any of my times tables. When I have learnt them I can't keep it in my head for long if I have quite a few jobs to do I get very confused as to where to start I forget to do things if they are not right in front of me...i.e posting letters..sometimes my mum would phone and ask me to bring something round just as I was leaving...but you can bet I'll forget about it as soon as I put down the phone. no good at history because I can't remember the order of kings and queens or dates it used to worry me alot at one time..I use to worry that people would be cross with me... now though I just think that my close friends and family know me and don't mind so I stopped worrying ;D I wish teachers had been aware of this when I was at school...I wasted my education because I was in the bottom set in maths and was embarressed. Even though I was in the very top for English.. sadly I skipped school alot and began to slip down the english sets.. still managed to stay at a reasonable level but I could have done so much better still it's nice to know I'm not alone .. thanks for the time you have taken to do this site....it's wonderful! ;D cath
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Post by cath on Jan 16, 2005 19:16:55 GMT -5
I have all these to
If a person has trouble in any of the areas below, additional help may be beneficial.
Good at speaking, reading, and writing, but slow to develop counting and math problem-solving skills Good memory for printed words, but difficulty reading numbers, or recalling numbers in sequence Good with general math concepts, but frustrated when specific computation and organization skills need to be used Trouble with the concept of time-chronically late, difficulty remembering schedules, trouble with approximating how long something will take Poor sense of direction, easily disoriented and easily confused by changes in routine Poor long term memory of concepts-can do math functions one day, but is unable to repeat them the next day Poor mental math ability-trouble estimating grocery costs or counting days until vacation Difficulty playing strategy games like chess, bridge or role-playing video games Difficulty keeping score when playing board and card games. got this from another site... though it was good
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Post by ellyodd on Jan 16, 2005 21:00:12 GMT -5
Cath, you have mentioned all of my issues, so I don't need to write anything, thanks ;D
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Post by Lucere on Jan 17, 2005 11:35:53 GMT -5
My motor skills are fairly good. My mother enrolled me in ballet classes when I was very young, like five, and I think this helped me. But as I get older, I find it harder to remember and performs steps. My spatial orientation is OK. Everything else on the list sounds like me. I have a lot of trouble keeping track of multiple tasks. I can be on time, yet time is a big issue for me. I'm a slow reader, despite the fact that I teach literature (I've taught myself how to skim). But I find that it takes me longer than most to process things, ideas, etc. One of my big problems is figuring out grades for my classes! Every semester, it's like I have to re-invent the wheel. I do my best to be responsible though, and if I have trouble calculating I get my math-expert friends to help. I think that as dyscalculics we have to learn to respect our own sense of time, and give ourselves lots of time and space to figure things out. We're the only ones that can give ourselves time. Other people won't. The world wants us to speed up. Lucere
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