| Life has its own shades. Some are born with | | | | the genes, leading to this disability. |
| silver spoons in the mouth while some others | | | | |
| work very hard all through their life, to | | | | There are several symptoms that confirm the |
| make even the simplest of living. And there | | | | presence of dyscalculia. The most visible and |
| are still others, who are born to live with | | | | common one is poor affliction to mathematical |
| both the shades of life, mostly the latter | | | | calculations. A person suffering from |
| part. Such are the people who are born with | | | | dyscalculia will generally have difficulty in |
| learning disability- Dyscalculia. | | | | distinguishing the four common mathematical |
| | | | signs: addition, subtraction, multiplication |
| People living with dyscalculia disability | | | | and division. This puts them in a difficulty |
| have very strong language skills and their | | | | to balance equations. Also they are unable to |
| vocabulary is many a times better than the | | | | differentiate between larger and smaller |
| normal people. They are very creative and can | | | | numbers. For them, all numbers, say, 1, 5 or |
| excel in the field of science and geometry. | | | | 8, are similar, carrying the same value. |
| And their logic base is quite strong. But | | | | |
| their excellence simply slides off when it | | | | Besides this, dyscalculia-afflicted people |
| comes to handle formula based equations. | | | | are predominantly absent-minded people. As a |
| | | | result of which they are unable to keep a |
| They find difficulty in performing | | | | track of any work or activity that involves |
| calculations, counting efficiently, or for | | | | sequences or use of active memory. For |
| that matter, performing whole of mathematical | | | | instance, such a person will find it |
| calculations. But this does not mean that | | | | difficult to remember the sequences of a |
| they are mentally retarded. A person who is | | | | dance set up. They are also unable to recall |
| suffering from the disability disorder like | | | | the events that have happened in the past |
| dyscalculia with no doubts has normal | | | | because of short memory. They are also poor |
| intelligence levels. | | | | in remembering the rules of any game. |
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| Well, dyscalculia is not a very common form | | | | But the world is not finished here. A child |
| of disability. It is termed as disease of the | | | | with dyscalculia needs proper training and |
| absent-minded. Recent Studies have shown that | | | | assistance to overcome the disability. The |
| dyscalculia has gentical links. Therefore, | | | | parents as well as teachers need to make |
| many of the theories that were put worth in | | | | efforts in the right direction. Help child by |
| explaining the true cause of this disability | | | | making him use fingers, colored papers, |
| have been held void. Thus, there are chances | | | | diagrams, graph papers, colored pencils to |
| that if a father or mother is suffering from | | | | differentiate the mathematical problems. Draw |
| dyscalculia, then the progeny might also get | | | | pictures or flowcharts to explain the |
| afflicted. Scientists are working harder in | | | | concepts and problem sums. Apart from these, |
| the direction of finding out the causes or | | | | you can use several other methods to train |
| the adverse chemical reactions that occur in | | | | the child. |