Dyscalculia Isn’t Laziness, It’s Neurology

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Every so often, someone in a position of public importance decides to offer an opinion on dyscalculia. It is usually delivered with the serene confidence of a person who has never struggled with a single times table in their life. The implication is always the same: if people simply “tried harder,” numbers would fall obediently into place.

It sounds authoritative. It is also wrong.

Dyscalculia is not an attitude problem, a motivational lapse, or a lack of moral fibre. It is a well-documented neurocognitive condition with more scientific backing than many of the ideas routinely waved around in policy debate. If one wishes to know where the evidence is, you must simply look in the correct rooms.

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