Dyscalculia it is a brain changer

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New research clearly shows the different neural development of children with Dyscalculia in pre-teen and teenage years. Visible with MRI Dyscalculia causes, or is caused by a different development of the brain.

This does not mean that we need to scan the brains of all school age children but it helps us realize the causes of Dyscalculia. Still screening at a young age and subsequent testing with intervention by trained specialists seems to be the best approach.

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Resources for Dyscalculia

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“Imagine going to work and not being able to do your job. Now imagine that you can’t leave your job. Imagine having to do that every day. This is what life is like for children with learning disabilities.”

— Dr. David Urion
Director, Neurology and Learning Disabilities Program,
Children’s Hosptial, Boston

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Fun with Math

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If you have come to this blog, chances are that you are not having so much fun with Math but today we brighten it up by linking to some fun facts about math.

The writer of the fun facts does not seem to be very well informed about dyscalculia and treats it with a bit of a dismissive comment but still the other fun facts are worth sharing. Enjoy!

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Careful with the Dyscalculia label

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A study from Sweden has shown that dyscalculia can be a combination of various conditions and causes. The advice from the researcher is to be careful to label the kids too early but to ensure you get the right diagnoses for the condition. In their own words:

“As far as I’m concerned, we should be cautious about characterizing kids during the first years of school. We shouldn’t stamp kids with a label unnecessarily. Still, we do need to be attentive to the fact that some do have special needs,”

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Dyscalculia does not exclude other great skills

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Just to hammer home the point that people with a learning disability are not stupid, today we link to a story about someone with pretty special skills but, most likely with dyscalculia. You can’t go as far as stating that the learning disability is an advantage but it is certainly true that many successful people have a learning disability and in my humble opinion this may have something to do with the stamina and endurance they build up while working their way through the school system and life at a young age.

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