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Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties

Dyscalculia

The most visible signs of dyscalculia include difficulties with:

• Remembering shapes and mathematical symbols

• Planning activities

• Telling the time

• Reading watches and clocks

• Mixing up similar looking numbers

• Understanding quantity

• Understanding prices

• Understanding money

• Counting backwards

• Estimating, such as when considering quantities of something or the
time it will take to complete a job.

This means that, for the individuals concerned, everyday life is affected in many
different ways.

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