Could You Have Dyscalculia - 20 Signs of Dyscalculia

Hi! I'm Orion Kelly and I'm Autistic. On this video I explore the topic of Dyscalculia. Plus, I share my personal lived experiences as an #actuallyautistic person. #orionkelly #autism #asd #autismsigns #whatautismfeelslike

⏱ Index:
00:00 - Welcome
00:36 - Dyscalculia & Autism
03:33 - 20 Signs of Dyscalculia
11:07 - Key Strategies

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[Jillbles]

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. 😭

[FreyjaRaven]

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.

[KaciCreates]

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.

[rawnchydeard]

I’ve struggled with this for decades. Even phone numbers stress me out.

[shelbybutler]

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.

[kendrasue]

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. ❤

[erynmorgan]

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.

[schoolingdiana]

Dyslexia and dysgraphia are frequently confused, too. I was pleased that my certification in Neurolinguistics covered dyscalculia. It was very enlightening.

[basedokadaizo]

i was diagnosed with Dyscalculia...

about 3 years AFTER i finished all my schooling. and it has, in fact, effected my willingness to go back to any school. 😅

[masterchiefblank]

I'm 22 with autism and I've never been able to read an analog clock as such I just use digital clocks

[jackiet]

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 😊

[michelebriere]

❤ 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.

[Irisgomesjmjfaith]

I still have to relearn my multiplication tables every now and then. Struggle telling time. Everything in the list...😅

[AngryTreesUK]

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.

[dawnlivingston]

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❤

[voEovove]

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.

[AliciaGuitar]

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.

[Kornkittn]

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

[Ali_Clarkson]

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!

[Antony_Jenner]

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.