Holy cow, this was eye opening. I got easy A’s in geometry, the logic problems were so simple for me, but algebra…blah. I scored in the bottom four percent in algebra. Word problems are the worst, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get an equation out of word problems, let alone figure out how to solve that equation. I’d get so frustrated when people told me I just wasn’t trying hard enough, that everyone can learn math and being “bad at it” is just an excuse. When numbers get involved it’s like trying to think through molasses, my brain simply grinds to a halt.
@That_Awkward_Mum
Жыл бұрын
"...thinking through molasses" - Yes! I think I can relate! Would you also describe it, perhaps, as your brain feeling like a computer crashing, when faced with a maths problem?
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Well welcome then. So glad I’m not alone. Just wish I would have discovered this decades ago.
@sayusayme7729
2 ай бұрын
Yes, exactly. Thank you
@Atomikbomb444
Ай бұрын
I relate 100%.
@AngryTreesUK
Жыл бұрын
The way I describe it to people is, numbers just won't 'stay still' in my head long enough to do anything with them. Sometimes it seems that many people can be very understanding of dyslexia, but treat the concept of dyscalculia wjth derision, particularly at work.
@girlbye9491
3 ай бұрын
OMG!!! That’s exactly the way it is for me- that’s what I say: the numbers can’t stay still in my head. TY for commenting, glad someone else gets it! ❤
@Eryniell
3 ай бұрын
oh wow that's a description I never heard before but it's so fitting to how it's in my head.
@rawnchydeard4669
Жыл бұрын
I’ve struggled with this for decades. Even phone numbers stress me out.
@aniE1869
Жыл бұрын
I have a friend who has autism and it took him so long to finish university because he just struggled with math. His school eventually allowed him to substitute his math class for something else so he could graduate. This sounds just like him.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
That’s ridiculous. How much debt did he accrue getting through college that way ?
@kendrasue7265
Жыл бұрын
I was accessed and diagnosed my senior year of high school. I only graduated because I was put in remedial and my teacher tutored me every morning and afternoon and also gave me the 1 point I needed to pass the exam for my efforts. She also tutored me my first year of college. I've attempted college 3 times in my life and only maths keep me from degrees. Although, my last professor would make sketches and say decimals are money, fractions are food. He made sense. Thank you patient, caring, supportive people. I can't make it alone. ❤
@AliciaGuitar
Жыл бұрын
Im glad to hear someone else had a good teacher too. Mine got promoted to assistant principal the 2nd year on the job out of college. I will never forget her and how she helped me make the math team once! I did horribly, but i made the team 😁
@abigailmills2603
3 ай бұрын
omg this happened to me too! i was in summer school twice. my teachers would do after school tutoring so i would do that and then go do mathnasium right after. that was literally everyday. and i didn't even pass a few times myself, my teachers did the same thing where they would give me .7 or .4 of a point just to get me to the minimum passing...they were awesome. i think they recognized i had some serious issues with math that wasn't just me being bad at math even tho neither have actually heard of dyscalculia. it's comforting to hear i'm not the only one! for the longest time i thought i was just stupid but then it ended up being an actual learning disability.
@sayusayme7729
2 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t have succeeded with my last attempt at passing math to complete my studies without accommodations and tutoring.
@erynmorgan1717
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a great video on this. As a 43 yr old woman, recently self-diagnosed until I learnt that this was even a thing that existed it made me feel that I couldn't possibly be autistic even though everything fitted so perfectly. Once I learnt about dyscalculia I was so relieved. I honestly felt stupid because I still can't retain my timestables, still count on my fingers basic sums and use my phone to calculate simple maths. I have to count on the clock in 5s to work out how long I have left to do something like cook something in the oven. Despite this, when I was at school, I did manage to pass my maths GCSE with the help of my teacher working with me at lunchtimes to give me strategies to get through the exam. At A level I had to drop chemistry because I just couldn't cope and couldn't imagine the problems. I think in words, struggle to imagine people, faces, scenery unless I have already seen them in real life or a photo or picture. Sometimes the words will have colours assigned to them, eg. the word orange is obvously orange in my mind, the word sun is yellow and the word tree is dark green. Just listening to you talk about maths, seeing math sums etc...I was actually getting itchy and feeling nauseous and starting to stim!! But I think it is so important that other people who were like me and had no idea that this even existed, who were shouted at in school and at home, who were made to feel stupid, who was placed in a certain order in the classroom for a lack of aritmetic skill hear about this and start to feel better about themselves.
@Mom4cool
Жыл бұрын
Perfect explanation and self disclosure. At 77, self diagnosed Asperger’s has made my life make sense. I didn’t earn a college degree because of math requirements but was able to work around it by taking certificates at colleges in several fields without all the math. I have had many of the co-occurring, misdiagnosed symptoms (both mental and physical) throughout my life. Put them all together and you you have an autistic. Now I can be self forgiving for not being good enough and proud of accomplishments. Whew. Thanks for sharing.
@genxkay358
Жыл бұрын
My husband and daughter itch when they do math, if they find it difficult. My daughter has autism. I find it difficult to do math but never itch. I just want chocolate. 😅
@genxkay358
Жыл бұрын
I have like have many of these except for time, sequence and estimating.
@TelainaMuir
Жыл бұрын
44 years old and also just recently self diagnosed. I am in the middle of going back to college and not only had to figure out my own way of doing things in the math course, but when I take notes I use color scented markers and write the word to its assigned (assigned by me) color. It's so amazing to find a community where other people get it and where so much of our lives make sense now!
@TheCrownofJules
Жыл бұрын
I can tell you what time it is by looking at the sun, enjoy concepts like counting by multiples of (2, 4, 6 or 3, 6, 9 - sometimes I do this as a stim!), and geometry (because real-world applications). I cannot remember more than 4-5 numbers in a string (like serial numbers), always confuse numbers (2 for 5, 8 for 3) and cannot replicate spoken numbers accurately (as in recording a phone# or such). I remember stuffing math(s) drill sheets into the back of my desk cubby in 2nd grade. I spent a lot of time in detention for not doing my math homework, got in trouble for not showing my work in long division (my kids got to use calculators in school!!). When algebra started in middle school, I was sunk. It literally took me retaking every math class from 13 years old up to when I was in college at 25 years old.
@masterchiefblank4885
Жыл бұрын
I'm 22 with autism and I've never been able to read an analog clock as such I just use digital clocks
@nataliestipetic7865
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't relate more!
@PixelaGames2000
Жыл бұрын
Bruh same I could never read analog clocks (the ones with the Roman numerals not the normal numbers)
@masterchiefblank4885
Жыл бұрын
@@PixelaGames2000 I can only read the clocks on phones and computers none of the physical one
@cat4517
Жыл бұрын
They just didn’t teach you in school properly that’s not a autism trait get off tiktok
@masterchiefblank4885
Жыл бұрын
@@cat4517 ironically enough I've never actually used tiktok in my life also they did try to teach me yet I didn't understand clocks
@shelbybutler9714
Жыл бұрын
This helps so much! In college, I flunked college Algebra twice. The third time I took it was in a class geared towards English majors. All of the mathematical problems were set up as real life scenarios- lots of word problems, games, and hands-on items. I got an A+. I was not "stupid" at Math(s); I just had the wrong teachers, before that class.
@chrissy24-7
Жыл бұрын
Yes. So many people are quick to say someone is stupid when the person is just able to learn it in a different manner.
@Allthepills
Жыл бұрын
I hate the stereotype that all autistics are maths geniuses!
@anjachan2
Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@darth-imperius
Жыл бұрын
If only we were all geniuses at everything. 😅
@Sirena_Luna
5 ай бұрын
Even the ASD diagnostic tests have things like " do you find sequences of numbers or dates interesting?" and I'm like no? I can't remember numbers to save my life! And then that affects your diagnostic score!
@AliciaGuitar
Жыл бұрын
Another thing: this validates years of having my mother angry at me accusing me of not even trying at math because i got a C when every other subject i always got As even in advanced and honors classes. I was so confused because i was very gifted in every other subject and never had to try at all, but math was such a struggle and even after trying hard i got lower grades. I only had 1 teacher that knew how to accomodate for dyscalculia.
@Apollo_Blaze
6 ай бұрын
Everyone told me I was not trying hard enough too....teachers got angry at me...nobody knew of dyscalculia when I was a kid in grade school, and most teachers today don't either. I just never knew why I was so "stupid" with math all my life. Now at least I know it was not "me"...that I have a learning disability, which makes it all make sense, but my life would have been so different if someone knew that back then. I only found out I have this in 2020 on the internet.
@michelebriere9569
Жыл бұрын
❤ Again, you just described me. I barely squeezed by high school basic math. If it's above multiplication, I have forgotten how to do it. Clocks need to be a face, not digital. I'm crap at size and distances. I had a meltdown in class, once, because the teacher couldn't explain WHY certain symbols were used. I love physics, as long as it's in words, not numbers.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
I don’t think you have a problem then. You just need better instructors. I’m exactly opposite of you. Great at gauging distances and size. I excel at the bow and arrow and throwing things driving etc. word problems wreck me. 😂
@dawnlivingston6236
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video, I didn't even know that this existed. I just always thought I was the dumbest person on earth. I could never understand any mathematical concepts. All the way through school no one cared.. I'm 61 years old and now I know I am I autistic. This is such a relief. But because of these math issues it made my life miserable. I'm so grateful to you and your videos. Thank you again❤
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Don’t feel bad I’m 60 and just discovered this. Not that it can help me much now.
@Jillbles
Жыл бұрын
An entire childhood of being told I was too smart to be this stupid. That I was just being stubborn, and if I'd just try hard enough, I'd understand. It took me ages just to learn how to read an analog clock. I was a full-fledged adult before I REALLY understood how clocks are supposed to be read, well enough to wear a watch and MOSTLY get it, though it still takes me extra time to process it. Word problems were hell. Geometry, I was actually good at! The one math subject where I didn't feel completely at sea. I feel so relieved (IT'S NOT MY FAULT! IT WAS NEVER MY FAULT!) and so ANGRY. I recognize that knowledge of this wasn't widespread in the 70's and 80's, but the hell I went through. The hell so many of us have been through. 😭
@JHixon-bi8ok
Жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with dyscalculia, dyslexia, adhd and anxiety…and processing disorder. I have had trouble with math since about age 10. The more complex math became ( as I matriculated into higher grades in school) the worse my math difficulties became. Even using a calculator can be challenging because my brain will scramble numbers and number sequences.
@Catlily5
Жыл бұрын
Calculators are useless to me because I am dyslexic with numbers.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
I think all those other things you were falsely diagnosed with stemmed from your Dyscalculia think about it. You became frustrated because you couldn’t grasp math then became stressed leading to ADHD. Don’t let them over diagnose you.
@stevenbakos
Жыл бұрын
This explains my absolute difficulty managing finances.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Hire an accountant 😂
@schoolingdiana9086
Жыл бұрын
Dyslexia and dysgraphia are frequently confused, too. I was pleased that my certification in Neurolinguistics covered dyscalculia. It was very enlightening.
@voEovove
Жыл бұрын
Makes sense. Autism and ADHD are both neurological in nature, so it's reasonable to assume that that would have some impact on core brain functions responsible for comprehension of mathematical concepts and calculations. It can go both ways, though. My best friend is also autistic and has genius-level intelligence pertaining to maths. Does accounting for a living. I, on the other hand, struggle with the most basic of calculations despite having an IQ only a few points below his, but still within the 99th percentile.
@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq
Жыл бұрын
It's a huge pain in the ass. To be highish IQ, but at the same time have such deficit somewhere else 😢
@kawag6356
9 ай бұрын
So true, my 15 year old autistic daughter is a math wiz, like I could never imagine. I am autistic but also have ADHD, I know I am smart, it just really complicates things, along with learning disabilities she does not have.
@Kornkitt3n
Жыл бұрын
this might be niche but i often struggle with perception and picturing rotating/flipping objects in daily life. the example i always give is "say mum always parks her car driving forward into the carpark, but today she backed in, what side is the passenger seat?" its things like that that make me feel embarrassed, im often seen as clumsy. i cant picture things from different points of view and struggle to understand patterns. i still dont have any license as i'm often confused at what someone elses car is doing from a different point of view. its hard to explain but in the test you'll be given a picture of a car coming toward you but in a lane of traffic, i cant tell you what the traffic light would look like on their side or understand what way they are going based on what the light says. or another example is putting on a necklace yourself but you want the "front" of the necklace facing outward, i cant figure out what way to put it around my neck to get it how i want it from my point of view. please let me know if any of you get what i mean!! i have many other examples but those are the easiest to explain
@heedmydemands
Жыл бұрын
If I want to change a room around I cannot picture how it will look with the furniture in different places, I think that's the kind of thing u mean. I do drive tho and I do know which way other traffic will go, I think it might b just that I have memorized it or have been coming from their position enough times. I also can do the thing where I put my necklace on wrong and have to take it back off and turn it.
@heedmydemands
Жыл бұрын
Did u have trouble with putting your shirt on facing the front as a kid? That seems like it would b similar
@Kornkitt3n
Жыл бұрын
@@heedmydemands yes!! it's also left and rights, backward facing and foreward facing. i also have trouble buttoning up my shirts, they end up more un even than not and i also end up putting things on inside out too
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Please don’t drive 😂
@saml4004
Жыл бұрын
Recently diagnosed as autistic, been diagnosed with ADHD since childhood…I self diagnosed with dyscalculia years ago and it still fits. Check, check, check lol. I can’t read a clock with no numbers or dashes, I have no clue what a 30 degree angle is, 1 ft and 3 ft all look the same to me, and numbers have no meaning beyond knowing what is smaller and larger (and then only whole numbers). Video games taught me how to read a map…. Word problems are the worst. I remember a time in high school my mom gave my sister and I the same problem (one of those you buy something for X and give Y how much do you get back), and my sister who is 8.5 years younger than me had the answer before I figured out I had to subtract to get the answer. Talk about embarrassing…. I definitely have the anxiety and avoidance of math. Please don’t ever ask me a math problem, especially if you want an answer in front of others. I will just shut down and my brain will just stop in it’s tracks. I won’t even remember how to begin to do the problem in the first place. My martial arts instructor thinks it’s amusing to give kids math problems while doing class. I understand the neurobics of it but to me it just leads to a lot of anxiety and low self esteem. So frustrating.
@Irisgomesjmjfaith
Жыл бұрын
I still have to relearn my multiplication tables every now and then. Struggle telling time. Everything in the list...😅
@cynicalmushroom
Жыл бұрын
I didn't even know this was a thing and now that I do I'm happy and sad. Happy that I had a legit learning disability and sad because I received no help and was actively ridiculed as a child and into adulthood. Numbers made no sense. I couldn't even grasp the concept of numbers and I couldn't add or do any simple arithmetic well into fourth grade. Teachers lost their patience and parents would rage and throw things not understanding why I didn't understand. This made me avoid any and all mathematics until I went to university and since I had matured, wanted to learn, and was in a non-toxic environment I upgraded all my math and got straight A's. I'm still terrified of counting in front of people, i can't do math in my head, i couldn't tell time off a clock until i was an adult, and i still cannot figure out word problems. I aced my courses because I can memorize mathematical processes and apply them to the questions but only based off memory. I cannot look at an equation and know what to do. Real eye opener and explains so much. I just wished my family and the doctor cared to know more and wanted to help me.
@Apollo_Blaze
6 ай бұрын
I had teachers look at me with rage when I could not do math. None of them ever took time to ask me about it. I only found out about this in 2020 by chance on the internet...then it all made sense. So many things about my life could have been different if people had known about this when I was a kid. I probably would have gone to college...I would have had better paying jobs too. I totally get what you say about being happy and sad, like you at least I know now that there was a good reason why I went through all that, but sad that I had to.
@annevoshol8936
Жыл бұрын
Try finding the next train home in a station with 18 platforms (reading the analog clock, interpreting the time table, remembering the correct time and platform). Or playing a sorcerer/druid in D&D. Or working the gears on your bike, while remembering the way through Amsterdam because interpreting maps is a no-no. I should have known I had dyscalculia when, 50 yrs ago, I tried to convince my science teacher that no way it is possible to multiply time and distance. (Be real here, it's just not possible.) I'm so happy apps were invented!!
@aeioufromebay
Жыл бұрын
This: "I should have known I had dyscalculia when I tried to convince my science teacher that no way it is possible to multiply time and speed. (Be real here, it's just not possible.) " is the type of discussion that we have with our son on a daily basis ... and the "Be Real Here" part is the part that is SO hard to get past, because everything is so absolutely literal. I believe the sentence was: "Ok so let me just grab a handful of time out of the air, and we'll show it to the speedometer on the car and watch it multiply. Oh yeah, you can't grab time, so it definitely can't be multiplied, so there's your proof that this is just Stupid and Lies and it's going to be proven wrong by a REAL scientist." Ugh. It is so hard to connect sometimes, and even when you do you're not sure you did.
@heedmydemands
Жыл бұрын
Very grateful I don't need to deal with all that, train schedule sounds especially difficult
@icqme8586
Жыл бұрын
I remember the sped teacher getting frustrated with me because I couldn't wrap my mind around fractions. I can't do something if I don't know what it is or why. Feels like people skip over explaining basics and assume we know what a 'fraction' is or what division in. As a child I didn't know what these words mean but was expected to perform them.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Don’t blame it on the teachers. They don’t have the time to spend on individual students. I couldn’t wrap my head around thing’s unless it involves pictures. Word problems also held me back unless I converted them number problems.
@Apollo_Blaze
6 ай бұрын
I read an article that said that very few teachers even today are even aware of what dyscalculia is. Back when I was a kid, which was quite a while back, all I got was anger and frustration from my math teachers, as far back as grade school. For that I do blame those teachers. That did nothing to give me confidence and only made me feel bad about myself.@@rolandthethompsongunner64
@Antony_Jenner
Жыл бұрын
My son who is autistic does quite complex math problems in his head for his age but struggles with concentration in class but that could be his ADHD. He is a close copy of me and I fully understand him. His autism is more social and emotional than practical.
@ClairePolansky
Жыл бұрын
Wow! I think you nailed why I got As or Fs depending on who was teaching the math course. I mean, when the real world example is funny, how can you not remember it. But when the teacher sounds like Charlie Brown's wah wah wah, well dyscalculia rears its head.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Then you don’t have a problem with learning you have an instructor issue. Bouncing from A’s to F’s also doesn’t make sense 😂
@irishwoman3975
Жыл бұрын
I know a couple of people who have this. It’s a real thing.
@jackiet4575
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Now I get it! I couldn’t learn times tables, geometry, algebra, always confused greater than and less than signs, all that stuff. Geometry was especially confusing! I still struggle with stuff. My daughter helps me with my check book 😊
@jeremiahinyangotu4023
Жыл бұрын
7:15-7:18 I so do this. And I think this ties in with pathological demand avoidance, whereby you have a huge tantrum if someone keeps telling you what to do, ergo you feel as though all your autonomy is taken away from you. That's exactly how I felt when my dad was snooping through my maths homework in primary school; he clearly didn't trust in my intelligence as a human being, considering that he verbally abused me over getting most of my maths homework wrong 😡🙄😭
@jeremiahinyangotu4023
Жыл бұрын
And to add, when at the end of my first year at university, when we had to pick electives for next year, I didn't choose advanced financial analysis, because I knew that it involved complex maths. And especially because I knew that my dad would snoop into my business again, like he did when I had an assignment for financial analysis and reporting; he kept telling me what to do, and I was crying the whole time 😭😠
@jeremiahinyangotu4023
Жыл бұрын
10:06-10:09 this is just bringing back horrible memories of my financial analysis and reporting module a few months ago, where I had to calculate a budget. It went arseways as expected, because I'm sh*t at maths 😂
@crystalclear6864
Жыл бұрын
All teaching esp in early learning should be multi sensory. No matter any diagnosis or none
@CuteCatsofIstanbul
Жыл бұрын
This is a tough topic to understand, but you made it really fun! I've always been quite good at math in school (my reasoning is because it was all on paper and it involved strict rules, calculations you needed to memorise), but at age 45, I still have to use my fingers when I have to multiply or subtract in a supermarket! So embarrassing. I also for the life of me cannot give people directions because I have no idea if a building/street is 100 meters away or 10000 meters away! Don't know if that is just me or my lazy primary school teacher (she really was!), or dyscalculia, but it is what it is. 😵💫❤
@BliffleSplick
Жыл бұрын
If you wanted to level up your math, at your own pace, you may find Khan Academy (youtube channel) useful. He started it as a way to teach his family how to do basic math on up to university, and it's expanded from there I'd start with the stuff you fully remember, if only to get used to how he does things and his pace. One learning curve at a time, yeah?
@kayjay-kreations
Жыл бұрын
I was in retail, I always said numbers the wrong way arround but typed them in to the eftpos machine the correct way thank goodness
@brettburnside1457
Жыл бұрын
Great video Orion. In 2007 I was diagnosed with NVLD and dyscalculia. In 2019 I got my GED (here in the USA) and passed the math portion the first time without much studying. I also took the SAT (college entrance exam here in the States) and again did ok without much studying. When it comes to actually taking a class in math, I couldn't do it and had to drop out of university (along with other reasons). I just got a diagnosis of Autism last month. I'll be 48 next month and my life has fallen apart. I'm living back with my parents and cannot work. I don't know if I'll be able to ever return to work in the future. I'm actually trying my hand at making KZitem videos but am at the beginning of journey and the vids aren't very good at this time but I'll continue grinding. Thanks for all you do! I look forward to your videos as they make me feel better :D
@breeinatree4811
Жыл бұрын
I was a semester away of graduating university, but I couldn't pass the math classes I needed to graduate, even with unlimited tutoring. I had a 4.0 GPA but I just felt stupid. I couldn't understand any of it. Needless to say, I never got my BS.
@brettburnside1457
Жыл бұрын
@@breeinatree4811 I think we need education reform in this country to address the math filter. There's a good TED talk given by a HS math teacher who thinks it's absurd as well. Search TEDx John Bennett - Why Math Instruction is Unnecessary if you'd like to check it out.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
@@breeinatree4811How did you get into college then ? Something is off. If you passed the SAT that means you were eligible.
@breeinatree4811
8 ай бұрын
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 I was a non traditional student. I started university in my late twenties. Non traditional students have work experience so they dont have to take the SAT.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
@@breeinatree4811 So how did everything work out for you ? I just wish I had known about this a 20 year ago. My life’s been a living hell 😂
@sellmepop3
Жыл бұрын
I am quite American then when it comes to some of my vocabulary. Kinda makes sense to me that "Mathematics" is shortened to Math, rather than Maths. I get there are multiple types in the subject, but it rolls off the tongue a fair bit better. Idk, just me lol. Maths to me sounds like Mass, but with a fricative... like in some lisps. I know it's nitpicky. But hey, everything else when it comes to spelling and grammar I can get behind of when it comes down to UK/AU Dialects.
@kaybridge
Жыл бұрын
Yep that's me alrighty! I can't work out how old I am most times. lol Knowing I have it, I managed to get through uni statistics! I had to do it twice but hey, I never have to do it again!!!! Yay!!
@heedmydemands
Жыл бұрын
So u didn't like it eh? I had a precalc student teacher who told me that statistics was his fave class, I love math, specifically precalc so I figured maybe I'll like it too
@SatansWerewolf
Жыл бұрын
One thing that triggers meltdowns for me is when I feel rushed to complete a task (usually at work), and I begin to make mistakes. Does this happen to other people? If so, maybe that would make for a good topic for a video.
@jimwilliams3816
Жыл бұрын
I can relate. I’ve always been terrified of making mistakes, and I can toggle between detail oriented and careless. Darned ADHD has always screwed up my best autistic traits. And yeah, if I get flustered my sympathetic nervous system dumps my prefrontal cortex in the crapper, and my cognition drops by 75%.
@joycebrewer4150
Жыл бұрын
My goodness, YES! I have always struggled to complete tasks on time! It seems to take me 3 to 4 times longer to do things than expected! ESPECIALLY IF MATH IS PART OF IT! Mom, bless her tried to be my math tutor, and though she had studied to become an elementary school teacher, we BOTH about gave up on me learning basic math!! To this day, some parts of the times tables are black holes to me. I have to work them out, long hand on paper. Anything above basic math, forget it, literally! I needed highschool algebra to graduate. The only reason I passed that course, was a teacher with a sense of humor, when I brought my hand held calculator to class and used it to do homework! He said the next best thing to knowing the answers was knowing how to get the answers!
@joan.nao1246
3 ай бұрын
Omg YES!
@nataliestipetic7865
Жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much for this video Orion! I have discalulia and autism I had strengths in things like pythagoras' theorem and algebra but I could not do a simple fraction or percentage until I was 20! The only way I survived maths exams was by using my freak long term memory where I used colour coded visualised references that I'd written out continuously for 4 hours every day to the point where I couldn't forget the visual and the process of each equation. I'm not good at maths I rely solely on memory, I also see numbers backwards in my head and confuse the order of numbers often.
@lumay5940
Жыл бұрын
I was scrolling by and saw “20 signs you are Dracula”. I’m way too tired for YT right now.
@Skyjamb
Жыл бұрын
I am dyslexic and I have dyscalulia but I been diagnosed with depression,anxiety disorder and bipolor. I could never get passed fractions and have been told I was faking it. Math in general was and is a total an issue. It would be like trying to read a book in Russian or German being English speaking.
@MontanaMedic13
Жыл бұрын
You know the part on Apollo 13 when they are listing everything wrong and the flight director says .."What do you have on the spacecraft that is good"? That's how I feel about my brain sometimes when compared to what this society needs it to do. 💩. I can list some things I'm good at but the list of things that may not meet society's expectations is getting too long
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Don’t worry about what society thinks. Find what you’re good at focus on that.
@its-just-me-and-my-channel
Жыл бұрын
I got tears in my eyes for two reasons Orion. First of all because I have followed your emotional struggle and I feel like you are doing well or at least much better. I hope I am right because your channel and videos wouldn’t be without you and they are so important. Reason two is that I got such an aha moment. I recognise everything and so I will definitely do some more research into this phenomena as it might be possible it explains these struggles. ❤ Another thing… would you consider talking about aphantasia and autism. I have it and I have talked with others who have both autism and aphantasia and I think it would be interesting to make such topic and also as a source of information to those who don’t have it to maybe somehow understand it. Kindest regards from Sanna in Sweden
@That_Awkward_Mum
Жыл бұрын
Yo Samdy Sam did a great video on Aphantasia (not to steal Orion's thunder - his own version would be just as good, I'm sure!).
@Gwenx
Жыл бұрын
I thought i was unablee to just "read" numbers, but shiet... This explain my entire chikdhood!!! Also why i never understand distance when people bring it up lol omg😂
@thomsonclan5878
Жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed back in 2002 I managed to mask all of my issues for years until I copied down from the board at school 12345 as 52431 it is a talent I say 😆 my science teacher put me in for assessment. I don’t remember timestables, I struggle with fractions, time management, word problems (always thought that was the dyslexia?!) I use my hands to add up if I don’t have a calculator. I can tell the time now took me until 12 years old but working out what time to leave the house for an appointment I always somehow end up an hour early. 🤔 I’m never late for appointments because I’m always really early 😆 Multi sensory learning is good for both dyslexia and dyscalculia. In timestables I’ve started doing associations, I also do this with peoples names if I don’t have an association I have no idea what their name is! An example is everyone I know called Sarah in my head look like a princess 👸🏽 All my life I had struggles, I started saying I had ocd because I was particular about certain things, it wasn’t until just under 2 years ago that a friend who’s autistic said to me replace autism every time you say ocd and think on it. Yes more research needs to go into these things and how to help children and adults learn to adapt there learning with technology.
@Kornkitt3n
Жыл бұрын
omg the hour early/late thing. i was the same way until my partner told me i was including the hour it had already turned in my counting. i use to think this (as an example) was 3 hours apart, 9, 10, 11. until my partner said not include the number it had turned, that example is only 2 hours apart. ive been through my whole life including the first number, absolute madness😂😂
@thomsonclan5878
Жыл бұрын
@@Kornkitt3nhen I had my kids I ended up being on time and now with technology I don’t even tell I have issues because I rely on them so much, when I come to write something down or work it out on my own I can really see a massive difference and with AI I think my world just shifted, just figuring out how to use it to make my life even better. 😁
@heedmydemands
Жыл бұрын
@@Kornkitt3nI have gotten confused with that too, like trying to work out how many days to my kids birthday and I'm unsure whether I'm one off
@jimwilliams3816
Жыл бұрын
@heedmydemands Wait, what?? You are telling me the birthday thing is not completely typical?? I don’t feel like I have dyscalculia, but when you said “not sure I’m one day off” - I could never possibly be sure of that. I count days with my finger on a calendar if I need to get the number of days right. Whoops!
@thomsonclan5878
Жыл бұрын
@@jimwilliams3816 I use two apps one called days between, and another called countdown which I can put widgets on my iPhone. I have countdowns to everything! 😆
@charlottesmail1056
Жыл бұрын
so many of these are me - I only learned fractions because I quilt and needed it for that. I learned percentages becasue of sales at the fabric store. As a special ed teacher I taught by using physical things, heavy on the manipulatives. To teach average I found most students know 4 quarters make up a dollar. I had groups of 4 take their quarters and each make change in a different way than the others. we then mixed the change and everyone grabbed some. we then set each quarter in a row and the change under it and added the mixed change, then added the 4 piles of mixed change and learned about averages. Many people with Autism are visual learners so clocks that are color coded are great. You helps learning when it hooks into real life.
@autisticMargo
Жыл бұрын
POSSIBLE SHOW IDEA about Deaf autistic people. (or have you already done that?) I have autism. My spouse is Deaf and also has autism. There are many interesting layers regarding communication, masking, mimicry, etc. He deals with because of additional cultures, obstacles, etc.
@rebeccawilson-walsh6384
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Orion, I was told I am likely to have Dyscalculia. You have explained it clearly and you amused me when you were saying things you said you didn't know what you were even saying. I can totally relate!!! 😂
@camillenelson8909
Жыл бұрын
Would VERY much much like to know how Neuro typical people think. I thought how I thought i was normal until an autistic person told me how the NT person was different. Plenty of video telling me how I think. P.S. Thank you for what you do ❤
@BliffleSplick
Жыл бұрын
Also putting concepts that need to be memorised to a song can help immensely, IF the person is already somewhat adept at remembering and enjoying songs
@joannelind6682
Жыл бұрын
❤ Thank you Orion for explaining this as I could never figure out why I can remember specific dates but still count on my fingers, cant do times table or figure out maths formulas, reasoning, concepts etc and I can't figure out 24 hour clocks. .. people laugh so I thought I was dumb.
@RennRenn85
Жыл бұрын
I was dx'ed with a generic "learning disorder" when i was in 2nd grade. It started when they were trying to teach money. I did not get it. I found out as an adult, after college, that it was Dyscalculia. Much later i discovered I'm Autistic and most likely also ADHD. Funny enough I'm great with visual spacial calculations and i did pretty good at Geometry when all other math subjects were a horrible struggle for me. Don't get me started on word problems 😭. Analog clocks are still a struggle at 37 yo. I like to believe my Autism granted me the ability of recognizing patterns that helped me overcome some challenges. The rest i can thank my mother for being my advocate.
@joshgarrison7779
Жыл бұрын
It took me a month to memorize my social security#. I've been a mechanic for almost 20yrs & still fetch the wrong size tools.. Thanks to you, I went from savant idiot to idiot savant! My calculator is my saving grace. Great work Orion
@thehuntressdanni2972
Жыл бұрын
Haven't yet watched this but I just watched a previous video of yours... (kzitem.info/news/bejne/yWik036up1-Fe2U) And now I KNOW that my crying in response to a few of your videos the other night wasn't just because of the off chance that I was extra emotional that day. It's because you actually touch on the topics that I've tried to touch on myself within my social circle for the past few years. Lately I've started to wonder if I've just been ridiculous for asking for all the accommodations that I believe we all deserve. But to hear it spoken back to me in your videos... I'm crying again because omg. Just holy fuck. You are such an important and vital person within our community. You say so much of what we need and what Allistics need to learn, to be told, and what they need to do for us so we feel safe. And like you'd said, it's likely too late for most of us who are already adults (and that breaks my heart because I want to get to experience it just once in my life) But it's not too late to end abuse against Autistics so that the next generation, the kids of today, they don't have to grow up and become the next generation of broken adults. They can have a life of acceptance, inclusion and accommodations, without patronizing them in the process. Because they deserve it. And we deserve it too. Even though we may never get it, WE HAVE STILL ALWAYS DESERVED IT. And same goes for all the Autistics before us. And for anyone reading this... Just because they are offended doesn't mean you're offensive. Just because they feel attacked doesn't mean you attacked them. I know that won't stop what you experience, but maybe that can help lessen the pain just a bit.
@joycebrewer4150
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!!
@joan.nao1246
3 ай бұрын
Excellent commentary, thank you for sharing 🥲
@usedcolouringbook8798
Жыл бұрын
7:41 / 9:46 This screwed me up on my computer science major and I had to back out of the program because I couldn't pass the required classes. I would often mix-up/replace numbers and not know that I did that until someone else comes and points it out, and I'm usually told to double check my calculations. No one would take me seriously when I would tell them the problem I was experiencing was dyslexia with numbers and even the "support services/Autism minders" thought I was making it all up and wouldn't take me seriously because I wasn't chewing crayons.
@ViraIshnia
Жыл бұрын
I've struggled with word problems all my life! I never knew that Dyscalculia was a thing
@Ali_Clarkson
Жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with autism in my teens and have always struggled with numbers. I remember feeling stupid in primary school because I struggled with traditional clocks and even now at nearly 40 it'll take me a few moments to study a clock face before I could tell you what time it was (thank goodness for digital clocks!). In high school (for the brief time I could cope being there) I was somehow deemed smart enough to be in the top maths class...I have no idea how or why they thought that as I struggled with basic maths, we had a scary teacher (most infamous in the school) so I was too terrified to ask for help so every class was spent in a constant state of anxiety and me staring blankly at my books...I'm honestly not sure if I even completed a single problem. I always assumed I was just stupid and would avoid maths like the plague, it wasn't until I was in my 30s I realised dyscalculia was a thing and everything clicked into place! One of my main issues is that numbers seem to shapeshift, I can't just glance at numbers, a 7 could be a 1, a 3 could be an 8 etc, it takes a lot of concentration and focus to tel what number is what. Anything more than 4 numbers in a row really starts to melt my brain and to this day I will practically have an anxiety attack when I have to do my accounts or look at a spreadsheet. Even travelling and trying to find the right flight or train number is a nightmare. I've not found any solutions to my issues so I'll have to try the tips in the video and see how they go! Thanks for the content!
@Kristo1992-yq2gi
Жыл бұрын
#1: difficulty with maths.
@WizardKitty723
Жыл бұрын
I don’t have a problem with this but since my autistic burnout I switch letters around trying to type words or do the same with numbers, something I didn’t have a problem with before. I do this verbally, too, more than I used to. Sometimes whole words are missing or several words get smooshed into one short word. One problem that I think is related to dyslexia that I’ve always had is knowing my right and left. Just not there, has never been there lol. I always have to ask myself which hand I write with and then that’s my right. The brain is a funny thing. Losing intellectual ability has forced me to recognize that a person’s value is instrinsic- something I would say about others but I never considered applied to myself of for some reason. My self-love is growing every day and now that think the burnout was a gift. Luckily I am in a spot where I can just be. I know many don’t have this choice and I pray for all of you ❤
@joan.nao1246
3 ай бұрын
Same. Burnouts cause all sorts of neuro misfiring. Speech & language are much more affected than before, the older I get.
@fuerteventuranow
Жыл бұрын
OH YES!! I was tested for cognitive dysfunction by nurse at doctors. She asked me to count down from 50. I nearly went in to melt down, couldn't do it. Despite that she then asked me to count down from 99 in blocks of 3 - eh??? Went in to melt down!! When I was 18 I worked in a pub and locals always laughed because I used a calculator! Like others, I can't read a 24 hour clock, and have to look at a proper clock and count on my fingers if I need to know how long I've got before something, like taking a cake out the oven. Also like others, I always felt so stupid until I heard of dyscalculia.
@saraadams1391
Жыл бұрын
All educators should watch this video. Excellent content.
@monriatitans
Жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation initially threw me off, then the English major in me looked at the word and laughed. It works.
@monriatitans
Жыл бұрын
Also, dyscalculia is a common comorbidity with ADHD, which I was diagnosed with first. My issues with dyscalculia are mostly around word problems, reading dice, and, something I didn't hear mentioned, "math dyslexia". Sometimes, numbers, and only numbers, will get switched around, which is more likely to happen the more exhausted I am, and why I always have a calculator handy. With reading dice, dyscalculia can affect someone's ability to process a group of numbers, so, even with numbered dice, it takes me longer to add everything together than everyone else. And, my "favorite", word problems. Working in a call center, I NOW understand their purpose; if you can dissect a word problem, you can take apart a person's story to figure out what they need. I've lost track of how many times I've had to ask people what they need and they get annoyed because, "I already said." Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to say, "Had you been clear, I wouldn't have asked." So, I switched to, "I don't understand the question," which forces them to boil it down to a few sentences, or repeat the entire damn thing again. If QA ever pulled those calls, I'd get points taken off for interrupting them, because, whenever they start repeating the entire thing again, I cut them off with, "I got that part," to speed things along. My ADHD can NOT stand the retelling of the story. GET TO THE POINT! OR, they'll be telling me their long, drawn out story, and then suddenly go silent. Then I get a, "Hello?" Me: "I'm listening; I'm waiting for a question." Them: "The question is..." Sometimes they sound confused, or annoyed. And, of course, I'm not allowed to ask, "Why didn't you say that in the beginning?" Though I am tempted to ask, "Wasn't that easier to say?" And yet neurotypicals complain about infodumping. -.-
@Atomikbomb444
Ай бұрын
Woah!!!! I didn't really think I had this, or was leaning toward making my assumption that I *don't* have it up until you mention variability!!! I'm really decent with time, and spatial patterns (I do extremely well in recognizing visual patterns), but with sequences of numbers I totally poop the bed. I'm great with basic math, but after about grade 7 material, my comprehension plummets drastically. It never made sense why I went from A's to completely failing within less than a year. I'm homeschooling my kids, but without teacher guides and online tutorials I'd be lost. My husband asked my daughter what 10,000 × 100,000 was the other day, and she got it right away, but I can't compute easy things in my head like that. It's embarrassing. I took algebra 3 separate times in college, applied myself HARD, and still failed miserably. I had a 4.0 and even higher (some professors left notes about extra credit in my reports), but I couldn't pass college level algebra. I read through a friend's statistics textbook though, and knew I could manage that material because it was an entirely different sort of computation, and not confounding to me. So the variability element is huge. It's been hard to explain this to others because it isn't simply *all* math, it's particular types of math, formulas and head math (for me personally).
@brandillysmom
Жыл бұрын
I have 2 sons on the spectrum. I may be on the spectrum. I have daughters that graduated from college with microbiology and business degrees. My daughters are not autistic, but may have ADHD or ADD. With that said, I’ve always wondered whether we were just not taught well or actually have this condition. One daughter had trouble telling time on an analog clock for years. Same with my oldest son. My other daughter had trouble with number sense. Everything that you have said has touched us at different levels and different ways. I will say that my daughters have mastered all of the higher college maths, way past what I could ever dream of.
@jutta3378
Жыл бұрын
Very important topic, Orion! Thank you for talking about this. I'm glad that nowadays kids with dyscalculia can get the help they need to be able to keep up at school. When I was a kid in the 60s/70s I was regarded as stupid and unteachable when it came to maths. I was ok until we hit geometry and algebra and to me it might as well have been Chinese!
@Natopera
Жыл бұрын
I have dyscalculia, but I am not autistic. I didn't realise that this was even a thing until recently, but it explains my extreme difficulty and struggles with Math over the years.
@askrhonnie6356
Жыл бұрын
How did you get through school? What made the difference for you?
@Natopera
Жыл бұрын
@@askrhonnie6356 with a great difficulty. I would love to say that there was a teacher who recognised me and the trouble I had, but there wasn't. I basically worked very hard to pass my exams and get into University, where I never had to do formal maths as a subject again.
@jameswilkerson4412
Жыл бұрын
How far did you get in math ?
@Natopera
Жыл бұрын
@@jameswilkerson4412 I did math for the HSC at the lowest level to qualify for a TER or Tertiary Entrance Rank but it was a struggle.
@teai2103
Жыл бұрын
"Invented new" mathematics and chemistry so many times 😅. Mirrored reading and writing + mixing up letters and sequences. Great understanding combined with a mess with reproduction of knowledge. It takes so much time to re-check if the "reality" is real. I'm so grateful to my teachers for being understanding and for computers compensating for my blanks in formulas and number sequences. Still struggling in stores and following audio/talk referring to numbers, but that's the deal. I couldn't listen to the whole video, due to the list, sorry❤
@jackd.rifter3299
Жыл бұрын
I'm not diagnosed, but I actively just realized last month that dyscalculia is a real thing and just always said "I'm bad at numbers". I couldn't read a clock until almost high-school and I can really only add numbers. I can't do subtraction as well and I have to use a calculator for multiplication and division.
@laurie3113
Жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤ I am 100% an active learner and I don't Maths!!! Left to my own devices, when I'm not working a regular schedule...I don't reset my clocks. Just being surrounded by clocks or numbers, is anxiety inducing. When I have lots of executive functioning to do, and mom-ing I set alarms and leave myself notes, but I feel most comfortable when time is irrelevant. I've struggled with money for very similar reasons...the concept of money in and money out of a bank account, can be overwhelming. I completely agree with you that their are tools and ways to improve these issues! I have paid off my credit cards and primarily use cash and my checking account. My bills that I am able to, I put on auto pay, but keeping a budget and time management are things I conceptually struggle with in my day to day life. Since, I know that these are potential struggles for me... I ask for a 2nd, or 3rd set of eyes before I cut something and when possible...I just give myself more time to accomplish these challenging tasks! The most important thing I have to remember...is to give myself GRACE! ❤
@lisapedley5427
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video, it was an aha moment for me (another after autism diagnosis) that helped explain so much of my maths difficulties through the years!
@CherrysJubileeJoyfully
Жыл бұрын
I passed advanced math by learning how multiple choice tests were made and what answer was logical. But I'm a spacial thinker so patterns and abstractions are more my thing. I have a Jarvis in my head. I can't do multiplication or division but shapes and spacial awareness. Time is a huge problem problem for me.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely. I aced geometry but needed a calculator 😂
@Lady.Fern.
5 ай бұрын
Passed my GED by filling in what circle felt right, not by reading and understanding the material on the page. My moms like you can learn you passed your ged you learned that information.. nope not in the slightest!
@rhonddalesley
Жыл бұрын
Maths as a child was hell, I remember my mum sitting with me trying to help with algebra and long division homework and her getting angry because I just couldn’t get it. I also clearly remember feeling frustrated and annoyed that they were wasting my time trying to teach me Roman and Chinese numerals and algebra in secondary school because I couldn’t see a time in my life where I’d ever use them and I still think that anything other than basic branches of maths should only be taught at college/university level if you’re going to need them in your chosen vocation. Now, cooking is hell, especially meals that have several components requiring different temps and times to cook. Burning food and myself is a common occurrence in my kitchen 😂 Days, dates and times are almost impossible especially if they change. I can’t remember the numbers associated with commitments but weirdly, if they change the original details will then get stuck in my brain and as a consequence I don’t get to where I need to be or do the thing I need to do. Even using a calculator doesn’t help because I now realise that I get numbers mixed up which explains getting a different number each time and wrong numbers when I make calls.
@EmilyFPC
Жыл бұрын
0:01 I'm SO intrigued by Dyscalculia! I was "the wierd kid in school that loved math", however, very interestingly, I absolutely vibe with/have most of the dyscalculia symptoms that I've heard about - & I totally hyperfixated on it some months back! I hadn't even been honest with myself about how much mental work I had always put into the basics of ADDITION & MULTIPLICATION all the way through to Calc. II in College as a Chemistry major until being surprised about how much all the 'non-number-ish' related symptoms of dyscal. resonated with me, such as not being able to tell distances & thus Driving struggles, for example. The more I dug into it the more I was able to admit, after 25ish years, that I struggle with the basics & if I didn't regularly practice addition I'm my 30s in order to 'pad the gap in my skill set' I would be ridiculously slow at it. I still have to 7×5=35+7+7+7... to do x7s & x8s! Cannot memorize this stuff have to mentally visualize & work out addition & subtraction, often with fingers, to this day......... Yet, somehow, I want to take integrals of oddly shaped tanks to calculate the rate of flow of the liquids inside, just for fun??? 🤓🤯🤓 Makes very little since to me! I'm so excited to see what you have to say on the subject, Orion!! Yayyyyyyyy!!!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁😁
@alejandro-314
Жыл бұрын
Interesting topic! My strongest special interest, that has been with me since I can remember, is mathematics. For me it was an abstract world that I understood much better than people around me. I have a master's degree in mathematics. Despite this, I have trouble measuring distances, time, even telling the months in number (I always need to say the months in order to figure out which number it is). Also, date operations are difficult, remembering my age, reading clocks. So, I think I excel in several of these tasks, but suffer with many others. No middle ground.
@ericcarabetta1161
Жыл бұрын
This issue has made budgeting and saving money basically impossible. I can't plan anything that involves money or time.
@raven4090
Жыл бұрын
I found out I had this in my 50s. It had made my life Hell, but I'm so glad I'm not stupid like so many people said. I have many of the problems on your list! I refuse to learn military time and metrics because I had a hard enough time learning to tell time on analog clocks and learning imperial measurements. Google is my friend with conversions. 😂 The worst of my problems growing up, was my mom LOVED doing flash cards. She would punish me (sometimes not just verbally) for not being lighting fast at math calculating IN MY HEAD all through K-8. I wouldn't let her help me with my math homework in high school. My last math teacher was really sweet and helpful, though. She helped me get all the way through converting fractions to decimals and vice versa. Your suggestions are great! Thank you! It's never too late to try new things, is it? 😊
@user-wu1ly2jb9s
Жыл бұрын
I am the prime example of a dyscalculic. All 20 points concern me. As a late diagnosed autistic, 61 years old, my severe dyscalculia did not allow me to study at university and gave me a low self-esteem. Two years ago I revealed a partial giftedness in the linguistic area. Is it really true that on average dyscalculia is more common in autistic people than in non-autistic people?
@pixibelle3282
Жыл бұрын
These things are my strengths, apply those to words & language & you get closer to my issues. I speak in dictionary terms not conversational terms.
@daynarowden
Жыл бұрын
Ok, I always tell people that I have “number dyslexia.” I’ll hear and even repeat numbers then write an entirely different number. I’ll even read numbers out loud and read the wrong numbers.
@michellebressette2210
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this video. My adult son was diagnosed at 14, and this definitely fits his constellation of symptoms. I on the other hand, as a recently self-diagnosed 56 YO woman, would just about categorize my love of math, statistical analysis and pattern finding one of my special interests. Just another way we are all unique and different in our own way!
@tracynottage356
Жыл бұрын
Hi Orion, I have always been really bad at maths, it's nice to know that there is a name for it, for me numbers represent things like a catalogue number on a record for example and also as a musician numbers in music make perfect sense to me, but maths in a purely mathematical way, make no sense to me at all, I barely know how to add up numbers, I will always need to use a calculator even for the most simple of sums, anyway thankyou Orion for another great video XXX 😊❤
@unklemike5012
Жыл бұрын
WHAT?? This is why I thought I couldn't be Autistic. I SUCK at maths like Algebra. I failed Algebra 3 times, but my teacher gave me a pitty D- but I am good at Geometry and spacial relationships if I use them often. Algebra, a lot of basic arithmetic, really a struggle. Especially under stress or time constraints. I can't come up with a tip if I have friends or family watching me fill out the bill. I just pick a number I hope is generous and try to forget about it.
@starshine_lue5823
Жыл бұрын
This is why I struggle so much with estimating weight and length and stuff?! I thought I was just dumb, cause no one else ever seemed to struggle
@heedmydemands
Жыл бұрын
Also estimating is so uncertain, it's not comfortable territory
@starshine_lue5823
Жыл бұрын
@@heedmydemands definitely not
@joan.nao1246
3 ай бұрын
Maybe! It can be an anatomical issue within the eye, as well as eye to brain communication. I've tried to overcome this inability my entire 50 yrs.
@sro90
Ай бұрын
I always explained it to people that looking at math was like trying to read a different language. It wasn't that I didn't want to learn it, I just couldn't. Numbers would often "flip" on me(12 would be 21) had no trouble counting or telling a group of more than less, but math equations, forget it. I always had such low grades in math. My senior year I was still in freshman math, the teacher would always talk harshly to me about it I don't know how you don't get this. I would cry doing math at home because I felt so stupid. Nice to know as an adult that this is actually more common in people than I ever realized.
@caitlinbickings4454
Жыл бұрын
Well that explains why I am a scientist who needs a calculator for basic math even though I barely got through all my math classes with passing grades. I thought I was just bad at math but this is 100% me. Thank you for validating my brain!
@michaelfreydberg4619
Жыл бұрын
My basic math and ability to balance a checkbook, etc. are very strong. But once I got out of high school, and no longer used algebra, that skill never came back.
@rickenbacker6
Жыл бұрын
#20 hits it on the head - the more advanced/higher maths became at school the better I got at it. To this day I struggle with mental calculation (sums, multiplications...) and they still cause me extreme levels of stress so that I often can't even complete the operation as I can't seem to hold my thoughts in my working memory. But once we get to formulas, X, Y, A, B, lots of Greek symbols and abstracts then I really start to feel more at home and at ease. However, as I also have a form of dyslexia (not formally diagnosed) my autism coach suggested my calculating problems could be part of the same thing and I tend to agree, in that dyslexia and discalculia may be two sides of the same coin.
@marendameron
Жыл бұрын
I taught high school math and science over 10 years (including physics, chemistry and calculus) but I have a LOT of difficulty with basic operationsike adding and multiplying. My brain just skips right over it! Thanks for a great summary!
@anjachan2
Жыл бұрын
With division my understanding ended 😭 😂 multiplication, before that, was ok. I tried very hard. But nothing helped.
@jeremiahinyangotu4023
Жыл бұрын
11:20-11:22 retrospectively, I feel extremely resentful for how my secondary school handled me being sh*t at maths; the fact that it's the *very* year that I leave there, that they're funding the sensory room that could've helped me improve on my maths, and possibly stay in the honours class, instead of being forced to drop down to the remedial class is absolute blasphemous. I mean that school has been open for 13 years, and it's only *NOW* that they're really taking neurodivergent people I to consideration. On one hand, good for the younger generation, but on the other hand, for my generation that were failed, how dare our school not take us neurodivergent people into consideration the minute they built that school. But then again my old secondary school is ratchet af; they only built the pe hall there 5 years ago, when I was in 10th grade
@elizabethaucoin6290
Жыл бұрын
I know I didn't learn the same way as others, didn't learn to tell time until grade 4, and I still feel that the ways I tried to cope and hide my strangeness were somehow dishonest. I have trouble accepting that my survival strategies were my best choice. Instead, I feel like a cowardly person. I consider myself to be an "unreliable witness" and when you put out new content, I tell myself to "brace yourself" as I still have buried some of the trauma of constant humiliation that was my childhood. I have not heard you speak about visual processing delay, but that is one symptom I have experienced. As a mother, when my children were small and I was tired, I could notice some ordinary thing on the floor and not recognize it immediately. It didn't alarm me, because it happened from the time I was young, and I would be a little fascinated by it, knowing that within a very short time my brain would get around to telling me what the object was. For the delay to happen at all, something had to be out of place, and maybe it took growing up in a house ful of children and rhen raising multiple children for me to even notice the delay...
@Nocturnal_Asteria
9 ай бұрын
I am a diagnosed AuDHDer and I have dyscalculia. Numbers have always felt very foreign and abstract to me. I think in words, not pictures, and I have a really hard time trying to “see” anything in my mind’s eye. I still mix up my left and right, can’t read a clock, have to count on my fingers, can’t follow along with dance/fitness classes, can’t do any math in my head (barely on paper), and get really confused when counting days. Edited to add that I have a family member who is also an AuDHDer but is quite mathematically talented and perusing mathematics in a professional capacity. Fascinating how though we’re both AuDHDers, our minds work sooo differently!
@jointhearumanati8574
5 ай бұрын
You just blew my mind and have all the answers to my problems as an autistic person with dyscalculia
@sayusayme7729
2 ай бұрын
I just recently found out about this issue, definitely me. I was terrified of math, especially word problems. Thank you
@CrystalMouse1
Жыл бұрын
It even goes beyond numbers. It’s judging time, distance, measurements, and how things work together. I often forget my age and I struggle with passwords and even reading things with numbers. Budgeting is tough cuz I can’t comprehend the amount in relation to another amount. Scale is just a guess. Completing a task that requires steps like recipes cause me physical pain like tension headaches and nausea. I have to attack things very slowly and often I still start crying and beg for assistance. It’s meant most jobs are impossible and I don’t even count patterns in knitting. I just throw colors together. I’m completely mentally disabled
@kayjay-kreations
Жыл бұрын
No idea how long things take I'm so lost and so have discalculia
@michaelfreydberg4619
Жыл бұрын
Number sequencing for sure. I can’t do a most basic sudoku puzzle. But I’m good at basic math.
@Red.Rabbit.Resistance
Жыл бұрын
hmm... is Dyscalculia conditional? I am rather gited mathematically when i am alone or working with my... well anything. But when someone is there or if i feel something uncomfortable (horrible pants perhaps). I cant seem to do any math. Or read. mmmm or even talk i guess? Edit: I think i understand why i dropped out of school now....
@nikacomedawn
Жыл бұрын
I've been saying I can't understand math for years!!! And I haven't been alive for that many years to be aware of it! (Thank goodness- I don't know what I'll do when I have to manage my own finances)
@usedcolouringbook8798
Жыл бұрын
6:05 Holy, this happens to me ALL the time! Before I answer, I have to mentally check against the past times I've recognized this volume and how it's been applied, then move forward with my guess. I'm usually wrong every-time unless it comes to cooking, then I can eyeball everything and know how much to serve each person, how portion sizes affect which dish to use, etc. but I think that's because cooking is volumetric and flavor is non-precise, so I can quiet literally fail into success.
@vivisunset89
11 ай бұрын
I was never diagnosed with autism or dyscalculia but I have always struggled with math. I couldn't read an analog clock which was a point of anxiety for me in elementary school, I couldn't estimate distance, or read a ruler and timetables seemed to slip out of my mind. I told my teachers I suspected I had it but since I had good grades in all my other subjects they dismissed it. One teacher even told me I wanted people to feel sorry for me. I ran away from my favorite field of study, Biology because I knew I would have to take higher-level math.
@fuerteventuranow
Жыл бұрын
OMG! This is so me! I'd never heard of it before. I've always felt so stupid and frustrated, stressed me out. I thought I was alone and just plain thick. I can't read a 24 hour clock, like the last commenter, if I need to know how much time I have left I have to look at a clock and count the 5 minute blocks. At school I couldn't understand simple (supposed) division, or much else! At the doctors for a cognitive test and they told me to count down from 30 in blocks of 3 - I couldn't do a straight countdown, let alone in blocks of 3!! I got so frustrated and stressed trying and I practically screamed at them that I couldn't do it.
@dianapana718
7 ай бұрын
I love your personality and sense of humour. Your soooooo funny. Great content also. Thank you
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