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Dyscalculia: ‘Numbers look like a foreign language to me’ | Dyscalculia: ‘Numbers look like a foreign language to me’ |
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Millions of people across the UK could have dyscalculia without even knowing what it is. | Millions of people across the UK could have dyscalculia without even knowing what it is. |
The learning difficulty affects a person’s ability to understand numbers, tell the time and follow directions. | The learning difficulty affects a person’s ability to understand numbers, tell the time and follow directions. |
According to the Dyscalculia Network, they estimate more than three million people could have the specific maths difficulty and they say it is often undiagnosed. | According to the Dyscalculia Network, they estimate more than three million people could have the specific maths difficulty and they say it is often undiagnosed. |
BBC Young Reporter Rose explores why so few people have been officially diagnosed with dyscalculia - and how difficult it is to navigate adult life when numbers look like “a foreign language”. | BBC Young Reporter Rose explores why so few people have been officially diagnosed with dyscalculia - and how difficult it is to navigate adult life when numbers look like “a foreign language”. |
Video by Kristian Johnson | Video by Kristian Johnson |
You can find stories by other young people on the BBC Young Reporter website. And you can hear more from Rose on the BBC Access All podcast with Nikki Fox. |