“I Wasn’t Broken—Just Wired Differently”: Carrie’s Journey with Dyscalculia
“I Wasn’t Broken—Just Wired Differently”: Carrie’s Journey with Dyscalculia For most of her life, Carrie thought she was just “bad at math.” A gifted student, she was reading well before kindergarten and sailed through most subjects with ease—until third grade. That’s when multiplication tables entered the picture, and everything started to unravel. “I just didn’t […]
Use Every Tool Available to You Without Shame
Use Every Tool Available to You Without Shame For Elizabeth, math never made much sense. As early as elementary school, she remembers sitting in class completely lost. “I just didn’t know what they were talking about,” she recalls. Instead of asking questions, she would drift into daydreams, tuning out the numbers and instructions that never […]
Take Me As I Am
Take Me As I Am For Theresa, the realization that something was different about the way she processed math began early. As a young child, she couldn’t remember phone numbers—those simple 7-digit sequences that most kids rattled off without effort. By middle school, the difference became official: she was told she would be attending special […]
Discovering Dyscalculia at 62
Discovering Dyscalculia at 62: Randy’s Journey Through Misunderstood Struggles with Math Randy, a seasoned educator now in her late sixties, spent most of her life believing she just wasn’t “good at math.” Despite being in honors classes throughout high school, math always stood out as a source of deep frustration and embarrassment. The discrepancy between […]