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Word Blindness = Dyslexia : Number Blindness = ?

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Azimov | 19:50 Mon 24th Apr 2006 | Science
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What's the medical term for the inability to read words correctly in the same way that Dyslexics are unable to process the written word?


I'm sure I've heard it before but I can't for the life of me remember what it was!


Any dead Romans here who could help?
(failing that, AB'ers fluent in Latin!)

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Of course what I meant to say was...
What's the medical term for the inability to read numbers correctly, in the same way that Dyslexics are unable to process the written word?

19:52 Mon 24th Apr 2006
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Dyscalculia or possibly acalculia.
19:54 Mon 24th Apr 2006
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Dyscalculia was it Surreyman!
Thank you for your reply, and it has to be a record too!


You replied in less than two minutes!
I'm amazed, impressed and appreciative.


Kinda bummed that I didn't get it myself though lol
I went down the "numero" route!

19:59 Mon 24th Apr 2006
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Dyslexia is more complex than the name suggests however, and often affects numeracy as well as litteracy.
09:43 Tue 25th Apr 2006

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