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