Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hey everyone, I'm Susan Koffman. I'm here for Attitude Magazine's weekly

ADHD experts live webinar. Thank you so much for joining us today. For our

expert talk with Dr Daniel Ansari who is here to help us understand

discalculia. Although it's literally almost as common as dyslexia, roughly 7% of students

have dyscalia. This morning disability is a new roughly 7% of students have this calculator.

This learning disability is neither well known nor really understood.

It's a lifelong condition that makes math-related tasks arduous and painful.

Students with this calculator

struggle with all kinds of math concepts and tasks. They may not

understand concepts like biggest versus smallest. They may not

understand that the number, numeral five is the same as the word

five so that transartay will be telling us where the common signs of this

calculate are how can you help a child who is struggling with math problems and what

kind of supports and strategies are here to help students with

this Calcilia.

We're a true old and my doctor I'm sorry with us he's a rare expert in this field.

He's a professor at the Department of Psychology and the Brain and Mine Institute at the

University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario where he has the

numerical cognition laboratory, numerical cognition.org.

He received his PhD from University College London in 2003 and has served recently as the

president of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society.

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