Category Archives: Dyscalculia Overview

Dyscalculia in the mud

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Teaching outside helps kids with dyscalculia engage in hands-on, real-world math experiences, making abstract concepts more tangible and easier to grasp.

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New Short Film about dyscalculia

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At just 18, Olivia Louise Curto is making waves in Irish cinema with her latest short film, “My Way,” premiering at the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) on February 28.

Shot entirely in Leitrim, the film follows Evelyn, a 9-year-old girl with dyscalculia who discovers an unconventional way to understand maths—through patterns in nature. Inspired by Olivia’s own experiences with dyscalculia, the film challenges traditional ideas of intelligence and learning.

A rising talent in filmmaking, Olivia’s work has already earned awards, and “My Way” will soon be available on RTÉ Player!

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Teaching reasoning strategies to dyscalculic students with low working memory level

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Dyscalculic students believe they need to memorize mathematical facts. This is due to their inability to think flexibly and their lack of knowledge about the possibility of performing operations by structuring numbers. So, the aim of this study is to teach dyscalculic students to use reasoning strategies. The study employed an instructional experiment, a research design that enables the investigation of how mental processes evolve in student-friendly learning environments. Six fifth-grade middle school dyscalculic students participated. Before the implementation, we observed that none of the students employed reasoning strategies. Over a six-week period, the application included activities aimed at teaching reasoning strategies for dyscalculic students. The implementation resulted in students’ ability to understand the relationships between numbers in addition and subtraction operations and employ various strategies during these operations. This result suggests that applying appropriate interventions to dyscalculic students can lead to significant progress and the acquisition of reasoning strategies.

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Pave the way: Neurodivergent leaders can make a ‘huge difference’

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It is not often that we hear these comments from the Financial world.

In summary they say:

Leaders who are open about their own neurodivergence can set a powerful example of authenticity and send an inspiring message of support to neurodivergent professionals who feel unrepresented in their organisations — a sentiment shared by two professionals on different career journeys.

Openly neurodivergent leaders are crucial for social mobility because people who have struggled in the education system might not think they could ever be an accountant, said Gavin Simpson, ACMA, CGMA, a finance business partner and senior analyst at JLR, a motor vehicle manufacturing company in the UK.

Representation in leadership can make a “huge difference” because it shows neurodivergent employees that there are pathways to promotion in their organisation, according to Eliana Bravos, co-founder of ND Connect, a mentorship and community platform for neurodivergent professionals. Bravos is also the chair and founder of Viability, a Canadian organisation that works with leaders on work neuroinclusivity.

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Dyscalculia a trade union issue?

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The term ‘neurodiversity’ is a non-medical umbrella term used to describe conditions such as autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD.

‘Neurodiversity’ is used also as a term to describe an aspect of emerging trade union equality, diversity and inclusion campaigning that focuses on workers who are neurodivergent.

Neurodiversity in the workplace is the acceptance that there are natural and normal variations in the way that people think and process information; and that different cognitive profiles can present both strengths and challenges in the workplace depending on the environment in which people work.

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