Wow what a unique find:

Yesterday I discovered a podcast called ‘The Neurodiversity Podcast’. I don’t even remember how I came across it tbh. Well there was an episode (ep. 152) that talked about Discovering Dyscalculia. So much of what was said were things I could relate to.

I went to school in the early 90s/early 00s (graduated in 07). I always struggled with math, but no one understood why. No matter how hard I tried I could never get it. I spent time in in-class tutoring sessions, morning and after school tutoring, I even had a couple of private tutors. My teachers would try to help me in class, often spending more time with me than with other students. In college I had a couple of professors simply pass me because I couldn’t do the work. It got to the point where I often cried because I couldn’t understand any of it. (Something that the person in the podcasts mentions about her daughter also).

I have a hard time with basic multiplication and division and addition and even subtraction. I can’t do basic equations for the life of me. I get my numbers mixed up. The way some dyslexics see letters backwards, that’s how I am with numbers. I can’t even read digital clocks correctly.

I had heard about dyscalculia years ago, but it was cool that the podcast talked about it. They even recommended a couple of books which I went ahead and ordered.

Boy, had I known about this disability growing up, it would have saved me a lot of pain.