Just as there are savants who can do complex math in their heads, there are those who are just not 'wired' for numbers..in various ways. It should be more widely studied and teachers and parents told what to look for. There are ways to help and cope..*IF* the problem is identified.

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(I once had to show a flow chart to a project manager. He refused to look at, and explained he couldn't follow it. I said, "Oh, it's similar to a road map." He said, "I don't do road maps, either!"

I said "How do you get places?" He said, "I get directions like 'go 7 miles on route 45 and turn left at the white fence, then watch for the red mailbox'...etc." It was an awakening to me about the different ways our heads work.)