#specific learning disorder

Self dx dyscalculia/dyslexia/etc culture is finding out those aren't full on disorders but nicknames for one disorder based on it's symptom presentation (specific learning disorder)

when i found out i had this, it made so much sense. for a long time i thought i was just terrible with math/numbers in general.

PSA!

"… children who speak a language at home that differs phonologically from the language of academic instruction are not more likely to have phonological deficits…. Risk factors for learning problems among refugee and migrant children include teacher stereotyping and low expectations, bullying, ethnic and racialized discrimination, parental misunderstandings about educational styles and expectations, trauma, and postmigration stressors."

"Specific learning disorder occurs across linguistic and ethnoracial backgrounds and across cultural and socioeconomic contexts but may vary in its manifestation according to the nature of the spoken and written symbol systems and cultural and educational practices. … In the English language, the observable hallmark clinical symptom of difficulties learning to read is inaccurate and slow reading of single words; in other alphabetic languages that have more direct mapping between sounds and letters (e.g., Spanish, German) and in nonalphabetic languages (e.g., Chinese, Japanese), the hallmark feature is slow but accurate reading."

"A third core feature is that the learning difficulties are readily apparent in the early school year in most individuals. However, in others, the learning difficulties may not manifest fully until later school years, by which time learning demands have increased and exceed the individual’s limited capacities."