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Math turns into Anxiety

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Because of the societal stigma that comes with struggling with maths, people seem to think it’s acceptable to laugh about it. Working in a pub, I try and stick to waitressing as often as possible to get out of working the till, as I often come across customers who decide that my hesitance and double or triple checking of their change is something to laugh at or comment on. I don’t think they realise how patronising and embarrassing it is – and I don’t help myself by laughing it off or preempting it with a “bear with me, I’m awful at maths” – it’s just that I can’t look at a handful of change and tell you if it’s correct without second-guessing myself.

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Playing Dungeons & Dragons with Dyscalculia

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Reddit is a site where people exchange messages and there are sub reddits for various interests. Well there is one about the game Dungeons & Dragons and someone in there is asking what to do now one of the players in their team has joined with Dyscalculia. Amazing to see the creativity of that community to try and help him out. Not all suggestions are good or make any sense but wonderful how they all try to help. By the time I read it there were over 70 comments.

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Great advice from a great photographer

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A great photographer, who is diagnosed with dyscalculia, is interviewed and here is what she had to say about it:

TNS: What is your greatest challenge while photographing. You’ve been diagnosed with dyscalculia. Does that make adjusting aperture and shutter speed the most difficult bit, or could it be safety/security concerns?

SK: In knowing and owning your disability, which in my case as you rightly stated is dyscalculia, I feel it has given me a strength and clarity which I may never have had had I not got the diagnosis.

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