Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
EVERY child in Scotland should be tested for learning difficulties such as dyslexia, autism and dyscalculia by the time they are eight, campaigners say.
I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I will say that it isn't easy, living with DCD (aka: dyspraxia) and dyscalculia, most especially when you are so aware of just how vast the world is, just how wondrous and full is the breath and scope of our history and experiences and knowledge--and, those things we do not yet know, those things we cannot necessarily see and touch, or readily explain. I cannot stress enough, how helpless I feel,...
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
The finding is based on a study that involved 1,500 school kids by researchers at University College London. The research found that while 2.5 and 4.3 per cent of kids suffer from dyslexia, a higher number -- 3 and 6 per cent -- of kids suffer from its mathematical equivalent dyscalculia.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
DYSCALCULIA – the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia – is more common than its literacy counterpart, research has found.
Five Live Breakfast (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
If you struggle to tell the time, count your change or balance your bank account - could you have the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia? According to a new study, dyscalculia is more common than dyslexia. People with the condition have...
JD's World (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
June 4, 2008 I have dyscalculia ! Praise be! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7435023.stm
Through The Scary Door (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
We learn from Arabawy that at least 3,000 Turinese recently demonstrated against a Israeli-themed book fair in their city. Good stuff. Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi referred to them as representing "o.oo%" of the population. Now, that may be a rhetorical exaggeration, but it could also stem from his accounting methods too.
95bFM - bCasts (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Dr Anna Wilson, Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology talks to Mikey about her research into dyscalculia, a learning disability which makes it difficult for the brain to process and understand numbers and simple mathematics. For further info see www.aboutdyscalculia.org or email Dr Wilson on anna.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
kitchen table math, the sequel (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Dyslexia is a nickname for "Specific Learning Disability--Reading", listed as 315.0 in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV (DSM-IV). Most people understand that dyslexia is a persistent difficulty with reading, despite good instruction and at least average intelligence. There is also a Specific Learning Disability -- Mathematics (315.1, DSM-IV), known as dyscalculia . The Dyscalculia Forum chose...
Musings from Middle England (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
I'd always wondered if there was an equivalent term to 'dyslexia' for people who had difficulty with numbers. I've only just discovered that there is: it's "dyscalculia". It doesn't mean 'bad at maths' but something much more profound and related to brain function. I read about the symptoms with astonished and delighted recognition because I've suffered from this malfunction since childhood. It
Softpedia - Latest Mac software (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
The Number Race - Prevention of dyscalculia, or to teach number sense in kindergarten children
BBC Blog Network (Free subscription) | 08/31/2007
Well anyone that knows me will no that I’m the most disorganised person on the planet. My mum is convinced I have dyspraxia, dyslexia and dyscalculia, which would explain it, but as I haven't been tested for any of these, and I’m not even sure if its possible to be visually impaired and have an accurate idea of whether I am or not. So anyway you have just established that I’m incredibly disorganised,...
Special Education Law Blog (Free subscription) | 08/20/2007
Current Biology recently published a study on the math disability, dyscalculia. Dyscalculia, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, is a term referring to a wide range of life-long learning disabilities involving math. Dyscalculia affects a person's ability to...
MetaFilter (Free subscription) | 06/20/2007
What schools in the US will waive math requirements for people with dyscaculia ? My housemate claims he's only attending Temple University, here in Philly, as its the only school that will give him a degree and waive a math requirement. Is this true? There's an awful lot of schools out there...
