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High blood pressure and Dyscalculia

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New research and some piecing together of previous data, indicates that children with a high blood pressure have a higher likelihood of having ADHD. Even when the researchers took out ADHD as a factor, children with high blood pressure were still found to have more learning disabilities. So should we get our children with higher blood pressure examined for learning disabilities immediately?

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11% of kids with ADHD also have Dyscalculia

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Researchers see the causes for the increase in specific learning disabilities in the atypical brain development with complex genetic and environmental causes. These catalysts lead to the development of such conditions as dyslexia, dyscalculia, specific language impairment, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Counting ability not a good predictor for Dyscalculia

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One in five American Adults is functionally innumerate, which means, they cannot solve 8th grade math problems. Research now shows that the ability to count, emphasis in the early grades, does little to predict math issues later in life. In fact it maybe better to discuss some more complicated math problems over the dinner table to give the kids a boost.

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