Coping with Dyscalculia?

Dyslexia including dyscalculia (maths) & dysgraphia (writing) is heredity. Do you know if there is any family members uncles, aunts & cousins etc who have dyslexia?

If so this does increase your chance of having dyslexia.

Online tests for dyslexia are not proof of having dyslexia, you need to be formally tested. but can be used as a guide to having further testing, if it indicates you could be dyslexic. I have included a link for a dyslexia test, which is one of the more reputable websites and you can print this off to give to the assessor if it indicates your might be dyslexia. But I am not aware of any tests that specifically tests for dyscalculia.

Even if the test does indicate you might have dyscalculia, you will have to convince your parents to have you tested, and these tests can be expensive, especially privately.

Very few Optometrists can test for dyslexia, unless they are specifically trained & accredited as such.

Keep talking with your parents. Explain to them that the testing to diagnose this disability is free, confidential, and would only be used to help you obtain a quality education.

The public school system is legally required to provide free diagnostic testing to all students suspected of having a disability.

Getting that education helps you do stuff like attend college. Online sites cannot provide these assessments and I'd be really reluctant to give out detailed medical information to an anonymous source--who could potentially even not be a medical professional!

I also have dyscalculia and I use digital watches and calculators. I do not carry cash because I've always had problems making change quickly. Since we're in the computer age, nobody even hardly notices my disability. They just assume that I'm also using computers and debit cards like everybody else in today's world.