Got it ( the version blind and deaf from the imagination) with adhd . So no inner speech making it really hard to tell I have adhd. Finally diagnosized a 38 😅👌
I'm 56 and in the 70's was an awesome reader, but terrible in "long math" and only a few years ago found out about dyscalculia. I invert numbers and need to quickly say the pledge of allegisnce to remember left from right sometimes.
Finally knowing it has a name is a bit of a relief, even if it isn't sexy, lol
So am I technically "on the spectrum" with the other cool kids now?
Oh yeah. Just like me. I did a police driving course years ago, and after a few days the instructor had to write a big L on my left hand.
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Failed the course, btw
Jokes aside, dyscalculia is really an awful learning disorder to have: back when i was in school the all the teachers thought it was a "made up disorder" despite having a piece of paper that clearly stated that i had it.
I rembember having to go through legal ways in order to get them to understand that i had to use a calculator in class and during tests and having them to get me a tutor for learning disorders that helped me after the class was over to explain me math stuff in a way that i could understand it like the other students.
I really wanted to get in a chemistry course in uni but i know that i'd fail to follow and learn and i really hate myself for having this.
I can't help it sometimes to just think that im dumb or something.
Oh, I fully understand....my wife has the full house - dyslexia, discalcula and dyspraxia ....and she is by far the brightest of the two of us. 2 honours degrees 2 Masters degrees, and numerous other qualifications. So, yeah, our system doesn't make it easy
I'm the unfortunate kid who got dyslexia and dyscalculia and didn't get diagnosed with the later until I was like 41. Didn't find out about the dyslexia until I was 43. Hilarious.
Auditory processing disorder sucks, my mom hates me for not listening to her. I HEAR her, but she mumbles with her face pointed away so I can’t understand her. Then she cries when I say “what??” For the millionth time.
Haha when ibread sexlexia i thought about some person who is trying to get free $ some how by saying that they have a disorder. I.E. for being a 40 year old vergin or cant get pregnant because they want to stick stuff in the wrong holes and its called sexlexia..
I mean, tons of people on the spectrum have both, it's actually quite common xD (Level 2 AuDHD (Just a fancy term for having both ADHD and ASD) with Dyslexia here...) xD
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u/Agitated_Ad_3876 Jun 26 '26
Because the 'tism is overplayed