Are you good at maths?

I have this preconceived idea that all Autistic people are really good at maths.  I am terrible at mental arithmetic or any kind of working out in my head!  Yet I can put together a mean spreadsheet, with formulas, forecasts, percentages whatever you like.  But ask me what something times something is?  Haven't a clue?

So I just wanted to see if that is odd for an Autistic person?  

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  • I am good at most maths (although I really struggled with my first year university applied maths unit probably because I didn't do physics at school.) My parents were both accountants though so it is in my blood - they used to keep me occupied as a youngster by giving me columns of numbers to add up.

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  • I am good at most maths (although I really struggled with my first year university applied maths unit probably because I didn't do physics at school.) My parents were both accountants though so it is in my blood - they used to keep me occupied as a youngster by giving me columns of numbers to add up.

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