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New member-please read and let me know if you feel the same!
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on July 28 2009 12:11 AM
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hello again Tony! I greeted you in Welcome section - but wanted to say "hi" again and repeat what I often repeat to newcomers - u are NOT stupid!! Compensating for LD requires bright, creative, persistent folks! I am sure you are THOSE things instead
I encourage you to try to find your dream again! I know it's hard! I happen to have B.A. in Sociology and Spanish but it did take years and many failed attempts at math classes, one of which I could not get out for my major. Many folks here can offer support because we have all been through same or similar things! |
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| shasta |
Posted on July 28 2009 01:39 PM
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Wow! What an informative thread! It explains why everyone runs for cover the minute I start talking about the plot of a movie or book! I know I tend to miss out crucial details so am constantly backtracking,even though I am usually able to follow a plot while the movie is in progress.
I recognise that I have problems with spoken instructions as I usually have to confirm with others what has been said! In an effort to avoid this reliance on others, I have a way of reminding myself to pay close attention to what is being said as I know I will have trouble remembering it all later, sadly, though. I seem to put such concentration into reminding myself to listen, that I completely miss what was being said in the first place - being left with just the memory that something important is being disclosed and my attention was focused!
As far as card games go, I'd probably be a lot better if I could tell the difference between Hearts/Diamonds and Clubs/Spades ( all pointy/curvy shapes that are so similar!) My game is Scrabble - as long as someone else does the scoring!
Like Jus, I've been kicking around the planet for a decade or five and have managed to get by - we maybe dyscalculic but that don't mean we aint smart! |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on July 28 2009 02:42 PM
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Hi Shasta,
so I read you enjoy Scrabble too! |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on July 28 2009 02:46 PM
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In my new job I find myself missing what said quite often, due to peripheral hearing loss and also <not officially diagnosed> auditory processing problems. An audiologist is one of the few people who can determine CAPD and I am putting that off til hubby finds a job, but am considering it as this issue is impacting MY current job to such a degree. I have been formally diagnosed w/LD but not with CAPD.
A lot of time supervisor will tell me something and he'll be gone and I'm like, "huh? Was there something about "5" in there somewhere? |
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| euphena |
Posted on July 28 2009 09:45 PM
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Hi London
Do you reside in London, because there are a few of us on the forum , who are from the UK. Welcome to the forum, you are among friends. I am dyscalculic and was diagnosed at my University. I thinkI'm one of the lucky ones who was tested by professor Butterworths team at UCL so farI've been helping them with their resaerch into Dyscalculia.
Anyhow once again welcome and feel free to speak your mind because we all care. |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 28 2009 11:14 PM
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7/28/09
Dear Shasta,
(And 'dear' everybody else, too, but for the moment, 'dear Shasta.) Ditto on remembering plots and either boring or else frustrating my captive audiences when I try to tell them about the plot of a movie. You made me laugh out loud where you said they 'run for cover'. There must have been more than a grain of truth in what you said for me to laugh out loud,... you think? And regarding paying special and focused attention to instructions being given,... only to best remember that there was something that I definitely, absolutely must remember never to do... and not exactly to remember what that was... ditto again.
Like you, I can follow plots just fine while I'm watching. Another thing that I can do is listen to a barrage of information with an 'analytical ear', following what is being said and detecting errors in logic,.. even minute errors in logic, such as being 'off message', or using any of the 'fallacies' in logic. At the moment that I hear it go past me, I might not remember the 'name' of which fallacy I'm hearing, but I would be able to look it up in an English textbook and identify it by the example given. I can even 'reconstruct' the part of the lecture where the fallacy was perpetrated. Sometimes, it's due to a word which has two or more definitions which are extremely similar, and in the first part of the 'argument' the first definition of the word is obviously being used, but then (as if by magic), the speaker begins to insiduously interweave other cliches or inuendo and (presto) then the second definition of that first word gets introduced, taking the unwary and inexperienced so much by surprise that it's days before they realize the fraud that has been perpetrated on them -- if ever in fact they figure it out. Okay, that's me. The girl who can't remember the plot of a movie in the right order, but yet, my logic is unaffected. - jus' |
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| reverend blamo |
Posted on July 29 2009 10:04 AM
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Hello and Welcome London,
It is amazing how the brain works, for the most part, we have the same problem but it manifests itself in different ways.
I simply do not play card games, a friend tried to teach me one once but that didn't last long. Actually I don't really play any games, rules, numbers....blah.
However, I love to read and love movies and find that I remember the plot, characters and even dialogue for a long time.
Maps I don't have too much problem with, directions and route numbers ( we number most highways here) I have a real problem with that. When there are similar route numbers...95/ 495 or 398/389 then it becomes a problem. I have punched the dashboard a few times over the years.
"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
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| tr3slunas |
Posted on July 29 2009 10:23 AM
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Hi London,
I get the same thing with books and films- I forget what happens, I also forget if i have seen them or not! I will hear a title and think I have seen it when I havent or rent a film only to realise I have already seen it! I wrote a 5000 word essay on Star Ship troopers a few years back for my course, i must have watched the film at least 6 times and other parts more, if you asked me what happened now... I would draw a blank!! space, bugs, war and a dude with a violin would be all i could bring up!
I also have problems with books following the characters- if it is a book with lots of characters I cannot follow it and if characters have similar names or names that start with the same letter it gets hard as well.
Lord of the rings is a good example I read all three books at the age of 11, I understood the words and what I was reading perfectly but the amount of characters confused me, I would mix the names up... now I have seen the films years later it all dropped into place
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| RosieLee |
Posted on January 20 2010 10:50 PM
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Hello Everyone!
I have just registered as I am tired of being "on my own" having problems with Maths. I strongly suspect I am dyscalculic. I am of above-average intelligence, have accelerated language acqusition skills and have no idea about maps, directions, poor athletic co-ordination. Measurement conversions and ratios are utter hell and mean nothing to me and yet I can do addition and subtraction, multiplication and division.I was 9 before I could tell the time, despite the fact my reading speed was twice the average. I went through a battery of tests at my local college (I am 37) as I want to get extra time for a Maths exam I have to take in order to become a literacy teacher (doh!) It takes AGES for me to do Maths questions but I am very fast on English stuff. As I performed so well in the reading and comprehension tests, they do not believe me when I say I strongly suspect I have dyscalculia.
I am absolutely desperate to get diagnosed as I am sick of the uncertainty and it would answer lots of questions for me.
I live in the UK, so I would be incredibly grateful if anyone knows anything!
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| justfoundout |
Posted on January 21 2010 12:40 AM
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Dear RosieLee,
I'm so glad that you've written us. There are people on this forum who are in the UK, and there does appear to be progress at getting something 'concrete', a diagnosis. Please don't loose this link, and keep checking back, so that they can meet you. There is a Dr. Butterworth in London who is heading up a team of professionals and working on this matter of 'diagnosing' dyscalculia. I'll look for that Thread and come back here and post it for you, so that you can click on it and read about it. Yes, I think that getting diagnosed and getting extra time (for example) on your math tests would give you a much better chance for success. I'm in the US, of course, but for the past year and a half it has always pained me when people would arrive here, asking for help, and I didn't really know where they could go or even what they should be asking for. Nice to meet you. I'm an older female. - jus' |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on January 21 2010 12:45 AM
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1/20/10
Hello again, RosieLee,
Here's that Thread where some current information is given. http://www.dyscal...post_24508
Please take a look at it. Is London too inconvenient for you? - jus' |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on January 21 2010 01:42 PM
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Welcome RosieLee! |
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| RosieLee |
Posted on January 22 2010 07:59 PM
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Thank you so much, Justfoundout - this is very helpful.
By the way,there was a bit on "The One Show" from the BBC about dyscalculia and a lady who managed to get extra time for her exam by getting diagnosed, so maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel for us!
Apparently you can watch the episode again on BBC iPlayer, if anybody would like to. I haven't at the time of writing this because our computer is ancient, but as soon as we get our new one set up, I will.
And hello to everyone once again! |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on January 22 2010 08:19 PM
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1/22/10
You're very welcome, RosieLee. I'm glad that you've come back to us here. Sometimes a person will find us, and then there's a whole slew of 'welcomes' and 'stories' and 'answers to questions' and we never see them again. I know how that can happen though, because somewhere out there in cyberland, I've left a post somewhere, using a name that I can't even remember, and a password that I'd made up just for that site (what was I thinking?), on a site that's vanished into never-never-land. So, I really can't blame the people who come here and forget to come back.
I'd love to hear that program that you've told us about. If you happen to run across the link to the program, that would help us find it. The BBC has had some very good programs on 'numbers problems', so it might even be one that I've heard. Yes, there does seem to be a little progress, albeit sporadically, toward helping us. I hope to see you again soon. - jus' |
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| RosieLee |
Posted on January 24 2010 03:28 PM
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Hi Justfoundout
Hope you're doing well?
Here is the link to The One Show.
http://www.bbc.co...tion.shtml
I hope you find it interesting. May not tell you anything you don't already know, but I guess any programme which makes people aware is no bad thing.....
Cheers
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| justfoundout |
Posted on January 24 2010 11:43 PM
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1/24/10
Thanks, RosieLee. I'll click on it when my computer recovers. It's got some kind of a virus, and has just recovered from a blue screen of death. Nice to see you again. - jus' |
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| griffox |
Posted on January 25 2010 01:09 AM
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I also have rented movies only to realize that I've seen them before. Or found ticket stubs to movies I don't even remember going to see.
I do have trouble verbalizing my thoughts coherently. Sometimes I feel like a stammering fool. This didn't start until after highschool...not sure where it came from. I do have some social anxiety, therefore I tend to get worked up over talking aloud to people which kind of makes me stutter or draw a blank, which leads to more anxiety when I realize what a fool I'm making of myself. I do much better with writing since I can mull over my thoughts and choose the right words, instead of having to blurt out the first thing that comes to mind for fear of having an awkward silence. This has affected my relationships with people as I tend to clam up and shut down in the face of meaningful conversation.
Since learning about dyscalculia, I've realized that most of the major embarrassing mistakes I've made throughout school and work could be attributed to the disorder. I've always been an overachiever and people pleaser, so the times when I have messed up and the grief associated with those times have always haunted me. Being able to look back and see how those mistakes were the result of my unique method of thinking kind of eases the sting of the memories. kind of.
One last thing...I am a dog groomer and one thing that is a constant source of anxiety is when an owner comes to pick up their dog and I'm trying to match their face with their dog...or even worse, don't even recognize them from earlier in the day!! I'm always like, "Oh Hi!!", but inwardly I'm going, "crap crap crap. who is this person? Am I bringing out the right dog?" never a good thing when you bring out the wrong dog, haha. |
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| DorkyNerky |
Posted on February 05 2010 04:06 AM
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Welcome!
I am probably the most awkward shy person I know when it comes to meetng new people so I definitely get where you're coming from. A lot of the time I dont know what I did on the previous day or what clothes I wear. Its a complete blank in my mind.
Have you tried using a GPS? I've never tried it but I'm sort of scared to as I think I probably wont know where to go even with it by my side.
Maps are a joke. Seriously....too many lines and symbols.
I dream of a better tomorrow...
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