NCC1701 wrote:
Long story short: Mental health issues, home situations, and my inability to function well in social situations led me to having to drop out of high school and settling for a GED. Because of that, I never learned anything beyond basic algebra. I always liked math because, unlike english, there was 1 correct answer that wasn't open to interpretation. My only real issue with it in school is that I had a hard time making sure to not write numbers down backwards. For some reasons, I had the tendency to see 765 as 657, 756, etc. That was an obstacle for me, but it didn't keep me from being drawn to math.
I just don't have any knowledge in maths and it frustrates the sh** out of me. I don't think I'm a stupid person. I have my areas where I struggle, but I also acknowledge my strengths in certain areas. I just feel that as long as I'm not educated in maths, I'll feel like an absolute failure. I just feel incomplete.
Does anyone know of a website of free program where I can just go through some courses just to learn more?
I share your frustration, I had to drop out of university because of dyscalculia and number problems (this was before my AS diganosis too).
MIT university were basically offering all of their course material on the website free of charge (plus many lectures). Not sure if theyre still there
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Pure maths is over rated in my opinion. If you want a workplace skill that employers are headhunting for that will set you up for a aspie friendly work environment then learn web development and/or programming. If you learn programming it will help your maths anyway.
Theres a site called udacity that offers stacks of free courses in things like java and html.
https://www.udacity.com/
23 Jan 2014, 2:37 pm
