Don't know where you live in the world. But I've never ever heard of dyslexic people not being allowed to drive, so I really can't imagine that dyscalculics should have a prohibition.

it took me forever to grasp the concept of driving... and even now 3 years later highways are still really difficult... im 26 now. so do the math i got my first car at 23.. they attempted to teach me to drive several times but it wasn't until i absolutely had to drive that i learned. i took it slowly and even now tend to stay close to home.... now my fiance is trying to force me to learn stick, and its awful and humiliating. I hate it, its just a reminder of what i can't do... and god knows i hate admitting i can't. but it gets so frustrating to hear him fuss at me and tell me how he learned in a day. all i can say is when it comes to driving you really have to want it, and don't let anyone force you.

GreyWolf or anyone else who may have helpful information, links, etc. I am 100% sure my 16 year old nephew has Dyscalculia. I have never heard of anything but Dyslexia my childhood friend had it. But until my 9 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD and his teacher is still grasping at straws and is so wonderful she stumbled upon Dysgraphia and it is my son 100% with the schools help we are looking into help for him. But my sisters son has always struggled with math he has been failed and held back in school, teachers calling him lazy,disruption, We new something was wrong I mean he can hardly tell time like a other wise regular teen. But in other areas of life he is soooo smart and a very talented writer since childhood. The school tested him and he passed the test so they would not give him any acedemic help mixed him with the other kids and called him a failure screw up so he began rebelling skipping school,getting with the wrong crowd etc. He is no longer in school and is in trouble with the court system because of some trouble he has gotten into. He has recently decided to go back to school and give it another try.. They rejected him said absolutely not sorry he will not survive it would be like putting a person who could not swim in the ocean. He should get his GED if he could and go on home. This all just happened yesterday and then last night my sister and I got together I was speaking of my sons recent discovery of Dygraphia and that I never heard of such and that there was Dyscalculia and other LDs and she almost cried she said that is her son the discription of Dyscalculia. So we are sad that we found this and he is 16 but my saying is it is never to late ... I am going to rally for my nephew and get him try to get him the help to succeed in life that is what led me to this website. WHERE DO WE BEGIN>>
The School System is going to here from my sisters lawyer for sure...

Please respond with any help please

April

i have dyscalcula as well and have just started driving a year ago,its hard when you think of focusing on the signs & Omg wher are they lol, what i did was memorize the speed signs on my routes,and the speed limits for the highways.

I know what you mean. I'm dyslexic too. I was taught to drive at 16 but freaked my parents and drivers ed instructor out many times when I mixed up my lefts and rights while driving. There was quite a lot of shouting back then. There still is when I rely on directions. I have just started to get a grasp on the cardinal directions at 19. Thanks to being able to use the lake as my reference. I was taught stick at 17. It took a long time to learn but I had been riding dirt bikes at 10 so I had some practice before getting behind the wheel. My brothers always made fun of me for having trouble with it. Saying things like girls can't drive. I told them to shut it and always come back with making fun of them for being unable to birth a child. It helps but it still hurts to struggle. If he is being mean tell him he's being mean and to shut up. Eventually they realize that you have feelings.