Aspergers and mathematics.

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I have really bad problems with maths. I don't know what it is, but even if its explained to me over and over again, I don't get it.
I came out of english, science, history, and art with high marks (A-C) but due to anxiety and finding the subject difficult, I came out of maths with an F. I'm taking classes to correct my problems, but do any other aspies out there have severe problems with mathematics?

I had a huge problem with Math in high school before I dropped out. I failed freshman math twice.

Later on I ended up taking GED classes. It took the teacher several whole class periods to sit down and explain it, but eventually I got fairly good at Algebra.. but I will NEVER understand Geometry. I don't know my times tables, and can't really do Math in my head. I count on my fingers a lot, and my concept of time is awful(for example, answering a question like "a bus leaves at 11PM and is gone for 7 hours, when does it arrive at the station?")

I didn't mind Algebra, it's like a puzzle, pretty much.

I could never understand math when someone else tried to explain it to me. Everything made sense when I relied more on the textbook than someone giving me verbal direction. I always find the text easier to learn from than the teacher. I had trouble understanding math, but I learned how to teach myself and I survived all levels of calculus with A's. As aspies, we tend to learn better through our own experiences than through an outsider's explanation.

My advice is find a good math book--one with many examples--and start with the simple problems. Practice those problems over and over again, until they become as easy as breathing. Then very gradually work your way up. If you get stumped on a problem, don't stress. Eventually you'll understand it with enough patience. There's a good chance that you may even have to wait weeks or months to fully understand something. Don't worry, it will happen. That's what I'd call self-teaching, and it worked loads better for me than to have someone explain things verbally (frustration, anger, drama... you get it). Maybe it will work for you as well. Also, if you really learn to self-teach, you'll be immune to bad teachers. That will give you some academic power when everyone else in the class is struggling and complaining.

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I'm no good at maths. The only maths I like (not sure if I'm good at though) is probability, but I do it in words. For example, I do ''impossible, probably not. even, possible, certain'', and not the number way.

I don't have any problems with math at all. I don't know what really happens, but I understand it anyway.

I'm so bad at math it's not even funny, I am taking college algebra (elementary level) and I am totally lost. The only math I was ever decent at was Geometry. Maybe because it was more visual and I could actually picture a square or a line on a graph better than a frackin' equation.

I had little problems with math in high school but once I got into university, it just confused me.

I'm only good at basic elementary school math! I almost failed geometry and college math!

I was in remedial math from 6th grade all the way through college. Math just isn't my thing.


I was just recently tested for Dyscalculia (math LD) and all of my scores were either below average or just barely average.

I am above average at math.

I did well in the precalc sequence and though I haven't gone through the calc sequence yet, I have a feeling I would've struggled through it a bit.

I love math and it's one of my special interests as as Aspie. I think I would've done well in math overall but I would've had to truly persist through concepts that out of my grasp.

I loved maths at school and it was always one of my best subjects. What I liked the most was that it was very black and white. The answer was always right or wrong, there was no "maybe" or "some people think" or "in my opinion".

Maths makes my eyes go funny! I have dyscalculia so numbers all melt into one big, unreadable blob on the page. I regularly read price tags back to front so I often think I am getting a bargain for £3.90 when actually the price is £9.30! I often read the number 9 upside down and think it is a 6 (and vice versa) and I also mix 3 and 8. I got a U (ungradable) in my mock GCSE exam which is worse than an F! My watch has to have visual markers on it so that I can read the time and digital just doesn't work for me. It frustrates me when people assume AS=brilliant mathematician because I feel bad enough about it as it is!

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I have HFA, ADHD, OCD & Tourette syndrome. I love animals, especially my bunnies and hamster. I skate in a roller derby team (but I'll try not to bite )

I'm also very bad at maths. I even get simple addition wrong.

I actually "like" maths - I find it fascinating and intriguing. I like the fact that there are firm answers and little room for interpretation, generally speaking. Sadly, that doesn't mean I'm good at it. I failed maths throughout high school.

I'm odd with math, really. I was horrible at learning arithmetic. Those abstract numbers and all that memorization just didn't click with me--not until high school.

But when I hit the pure logic of algebra, geometry, and calculus, it was like everything just suddenly made sense--and I retroactively started to understand arithmetic, too. Nowadays, I love math, and I've gotten to linear systems, differential equations, and applications of math to physics, computers, and statistical analysis.

So, yeah, if you suck at math, just remember there are lots of different kinds of math, and you may well be good at one sort but not the other. Give yourself the chance to try different things, and see if you happen to be good at them.

I'm terrible at it but not the worst. I have problems with distributive property and applying the Trigonometry functions to a graph and deriving to find the slop at any point. It becomes more fun when you have taking general chemistry and chemistry 2 and applying the derivatives you have learned in calculus and determining the quantity Q with respect to T or any other formula in chemistry that can be derived.