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[quote=Anonymous]MEDICATE YOUR CHILD. It will make a world of difference.

For the dyscalculia, only a neuropsych can tease this out, OP.

My ADHD son always struggled in math. He was diagnosed with dyscalculia at 10 years old (at his first full neuropsych, previously he'd just had a shorter eval to diagnose ADHD). At 17, when he did a second neuropsych to get accommodations for college, the same psychologist told us she could not detect dyscalculia anymore. My son has always been supported in math, first by me in elementary and middle, then by math tutors to prep for AP exams and the ACT.  I suspect that since he went up to AP Calc BC, he had enough knowledge to appear not dyscalculic? I don't know. He still says math in college is his most challenging subject (required class, "math for politicians" in his international affairs major!).

So. Make of that what you will, but the bottom line, for me, is that extra support in math can push your kid to achieve a decent math track, even when he starts out with a disability. BUT ONLY WITH MEDICATION. Otherwise, forget it. His brain was not available to learn, and was gallivanting somewhere in history books.

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