Published on 12, July, 2020
When I told some people that I have severe Dyscalculia and that I don't know how to do most basic math and that I don't know how to do Calculus even, some of them think that I am using that as an excuse for not being good at math. I had failed math most of my school years and it's not just me being only bad at math, and I still don't know how to do most basic math as a 22 year old and that is not normal. I tried explaining that to them, but they didn't listen.
Some people think that everyone can learn math, the question is if they understand that when you reach a limit before Dyscalculia manifests.
I have almost zero maths abilities and I am 54. If I was asked to do times tables I would literally count on my fingers from the few I might know like 6x6 I tnow is 36 and I would add 6 to get to 7x6. I get the idea basic aritihmic but simply cant do it in my head. As for fractions and anything like equasions just forget it, never needed to know it. I have always explained it like I loved history and you have evidence, books, accounts etc of history, loved Geography , you can see a montain, river etc. maths is just a made up jumble of numbers to me.
In school we all had to stand up in front of everyone and recite all of the times table.
Week after week after week I never learned any more. It was boring and pointless to me.
Childhood in the 90's was most definitely NOT what you could call "Autism Friendly".