Dyslexia Support Group

Dyslexia refers to any reading difficulty not associated with obvious problems (such as bad eyesight). Dyslexias include the inability to name letters, to read words or sentences, or to recognize words directly even though they can be sounded out. Dyslexia is not limited to reversing the order of letters in reading or writing; it may, for instance, include unexpected...

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Math problem

deleted_user
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Most of the time I deal pretty well with my dyslexia but when it comes to math it is really a struggle for me. Especially adding long rowss of numbers. Division gets me too. Does anyone deal with the dyslexia mostly effecting there math skills
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i do
deleted_user
deleted_user
me to but then my dyslexia is effecting lots of things in my life at the momnet
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I do...it's the biggest reason I couldn't do simple math problems throughout school...I always got my equations confused and my numbers wrong. Long division makes me cry...and I need a calculator for other math equations...except for addition. That's the only one I don't so much need one for. But multiplication, division and subtraction bite me every time.

I can't even remember the formula for getting a percentage. Now matter how many times someone tells me.
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I do everything with a calculater. I have several at work and at the house and car to make sure I am close to one. I do things 3 time to make sure I get the same answer at least two times.
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i have to do everything on a calculator or ask someone
krystlmom
krystlmom
My son can read Great but can't write from his head due to his Dyslexia.

He can tell you anything you want to know about manipulating numbers in math but if he sees it on paper it is just gobbledy gook. He's 24...:'/
God Bless!

Janelle
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