the decade of the Brain

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

Today I read this quote: “One in five students goes to school knowing it’s another day to feel stupid in front of friends and peers. They are bright, study hard and some even get extra help, but they labor at a frustrating and sometimes losing game.”

It comes from an article reviewing the success of a few institutions in Clark County but the quote just struck a nerve. Check out the other resources on our site to read up on what can be done, the current state of research and personal notes about learning disabilities.

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Dyscalculia Poem

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

I have dyscalculia,

How very peculiar –

I just read a six as a nine!

But it’s not dyslexia,

I had hyperlexia –

As a child my word-power shined.

 

Maths, is a strange language,

That I’ll never vanquish,

The calculator is my friend!

I lack skills with numbers

A problem that encumbers

My bank balance when I spend…

 

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Some schools still ignorant or misinformed about Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

Sometimes you get the impression that school officials have to pay the assessments out of their own pocket or that they work only to minimize the detection of learning disabilities. Why is that? What is that? Or do we only hear the bad stories? In our link today a good piece of advice from Dyscalculia.org

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