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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My controversial hot take is that high school is when you should stop worrying about “mild dyscalculia” and just accept that math isn’t your kid’s strongest subject. Do what you need to do to keep their grades decent but doesn’t make a ton of sense to focus all your money and time on their weakest subject. [/quote]

Yeah, no. I strongly disagree about that sort of educational abandonment. My kid with dyscalculia went as far as AP Calc BC in 12th grade, which was a notable achievement for him, and was able to skip the required freshman math course and do more of what actually interested him in college. More importantly, twisting his brain to solve math problems was good for him. He probably rewired his neuronal pathways significantly during his high school math progression. I wanted him to practice problem-solving, because of the lifelong benefits to all aspect of his life, and math is an excellent vehicle for that.

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Oh it’s you. I don’t think it helps things when you bring up your kid who clearly had no actual disability related to math. I don’t know why you got so attached to the “dyscalculia” label but your input is not helpful to those of us who have kids that legitimately struggle with math.

Meanwhile, it is also a kind of “educational abandonment” to focus all of your resources on your child’s weaknesses to the neglect of their strengths and other import things (like everything else they could be doing over the summer instead of math).[/quote]

Why are you attacking the PP, when it sounds like you've attacked them before as well? There are many forms of dyscalculia. Some are milder than others. They all necessitate remediation.

You sound really... aggressive.

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Because PP posts on every dyscalculia thread with the nonsensical story about her kid with a math disability who did calculus BC - and of course PP started it by claiming I was advocating for “educational abandonment.” PP has a very weird understanding of disability. [/quote]

Different poster: I agree that you are attacking someone who was trying to make a point that if your kid wants to study in college for any stem or stem related field, basic Calculus is required. Your kid may not want that, that’s ok. The other poster’s child worked hard and was able to achieve something valuable to them, that doesn’t mean they didn’t have a disability.
If you didn’t like the “educational abandonment” wording, ok just say so. It’s fair for them to bring up as many people deny students with disabilities the right to take AP & post-AP classes in high school saying “they don’t have a disability if they can take X class in Highschool”…I have heard teachers claim they shouldn’t have to follow a 504 if the student is capable of being in “their class”. It’s utter BS.[/quote]

You’re missing the point. To claim that a kid with the capacity to get to Calc BC in high school (or even take calc in college) has a math disability is just absurd. People with actual dyscalculia become adults who cannot do more than 4th grade math. There is a difference between a disability in the core substantive area and a different disability (adhd, autism) for which the kid can get accommodations that allows them to better access the core material. 
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