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WHAT IS DYSCALCULIA?
Dyscalculia is definitely the poorer cousin compared to dyslexia. Research in the area of maths difficulties is about 20 years behind that of literacy difficulties. It is estimated that 3-6% of people in the UK are dyscalculic, but many continue to go undiagnosed.
If you, or your child, are having difficulties with maths, it may be that dyscalculia is the cause, but there are other explanations. Maths anxiety is a huge barrier to learning and, for some learners, dyslexia causes difficulties learning maths.
Definition of Dyscalculia: BDA/SASC (2019)
Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics. It will be unexpected in relation to age, level of education and experience and occurs across all ages and abilities.
Mathematics difficulties are best thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, and they have many causal factors. Dyscalculia falls at one end of the spectrum and will be distinguishable from other mathematics issues due to the severity of difficulties with number sense, including subitising, symbolic and nonsymbolic magnitude comparison, and ordering. It can occur singly but can also cooccur with other specific learning difficulties, mathematics anxiety and medical conditions.
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