Jeepluv77 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I am looking for information on a disorder called dyscalculia. I tried google and google scholar and couldn't find anything reliable that didn't cost $30 to read. If anyone has heard of this disorder or knows where I can find information, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentMedic Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 http://jcn.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/19/10/765 http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~caram/PDFs/198...a_Basili_BC.pdf PDF version is in full. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=A...a737b2a14368d69 http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr...2vDd_TKKoX_539s All found on Google Scholar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepluv77 Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thank you! All of them I found wanted money just to read them. I'm still getting used to this whole technology thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwarren Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I did a quick search and came up with the following. Not sure if it's what you're looking for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia hth, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenac Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I did a quick search and came up with the following. Not sure if it's what you're looking for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia hth, Chris Seeing as you are new I'll just nicely point out Wiki never counts a reliable source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepluv77 Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Still helps though. I'm just trying to find out everything I can about it, even though I know to take wikipedia with a grain of salt, or maybe even a bucket in some cases. Edited July 6, 2009 by Jeepluv77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentMedic Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 The references sited at the bottom of wiki should also help. This was there which looks like it has some great info. http://www.dyscalculia.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepluv77 Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Actually, VentMedic, that looks like it's the best of all so far. I'll have to dig through it a bit, but rather than just info it appears to have resources, too. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBEMT Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Between Dyscalculia and problems with short-term auditory memory, I had teachers who didn't think I'd make it through high school. Contributed to losing a scholarship when I got to college. Definitely isn't fun. Many of the symptoms listed on Wikipedia are spot-on for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepluv77 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Same here, CBEMT. I mentioned to my doctor that I was having some real trouble with my med math and I have to recheck it several times for accuracy. He asked how I'd done in school and I told him I'd always aced everything but algebra. I took algebra 1 twice and finally passed the second time with a D. I never a full geometry or statistics course but the parts included with the algebra 1 were easy. English, science, civics, you name I could do it with my eyes closed. But with algebra it just never stuck. Anyway, he wanted to have me worked up for dyscalculia but I want to look into it first. I can learn it eventually. It just takes me a lot longer than my peers. I usually have to find a different way to do it than what is considered "normal". I can't really explain it, but I have my own system that I generally use to. It makes no sense to anyone else, yet I always arrive at the right answer. I use more logic than anything else. But this means that I have to understand how it works first. And, yes, I was one of those kids that was always asking why. It took me two months to learn med math and now I find out that there are situations that include a % solution and now my brain is about to explode. We never went over these and after hours of re-reading the same chapter I'm no closer to getting it. Hence the fact that I'm finally starting to consider there may be something there with the dyscalculia. At first I just blew it off but maybe I can find some info to help me figure this out. I don't want to kill any patients and I know I'll get it with practice but right now I can't even figure out what to practice. I noticed it said difficult with differentiating direction which I've always had too. My mom's the same way. We have to make the "L" hands to figure out right and left; even though I know the sun rises in the east I still have trouble figuring out north, south and west around my house; if I travel somewhere I've never been I have to have return directions because I get confused if I just try to reverse the directions I used to get there. It's frustrating because I know I'm not dumb. I got a 95 on the ASVAB and I'm holding a 3.665 in my courses right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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