Bad at math?

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One of the stereotypes of people with Asperger's Syndrome is that we are all math wizards. I am definitely not. In fact, I was put in the 'simplified mathematics' classes for the "slow children" (remember that I was born in 1955). I cannot even do basic arithmetic without a calculator. Am I the only one like this? Any other Aspies out there who, like me, are bad at math?

I'm pretty good with practical math.

Terrible with theoretical math.

I'm too much of a concrete thinker.

I'm terrible at math, even simple problems that I know the answer to still take an absurdly long time to solve. I even struggled with physics because of the math problems that were prevalent in it. In general, numbers are difficult for me to remember.

I'm terrible at math too, I've just never really understood it, I can do basic math such as addition/subtraction but I really struggle with the rest of it.

I'm excellent at basic math, like figuring out how much a purchase will cost or how many of an item there are, but very bad at geometry or Algebra.

Terribly bad at math, unable to understand any operations on numbers. Excellent in geometry and languages

Like a couple other posters, I am great at basic math, but AWFUL at conceptual math, from basic algebra and above. BUT, I can keep track of total food costs in the supermarket without a calculator. It took me something like a dozen tries to pass algebra, however, in HS and two different colleges. It must be an offshoot of literal thinking.

Can't do basic maths. Can't do Basic addition/subtraction/division. Don't know times tables. Saying an 8 year old has better maths than me would be no exaggeration. Off the top of my head And something random 8+12=.......answer alludes me. I have to sit and count with my fingers. Just thinking about maths stresses me. :0/

Dyscalculia is associated with autism. It's like dyslexia. Most autistic people I know of have at least one of the 'dys's :p

I'm bad at basic math (have to count on my fingers) but I'm good at complex equations. It's kind of backwards!

I have to rely a lot on memorized answers when it comes to math and I have come up with a system involving visualization where I can do basic math rather quickly, but I often mess up and my 13 year old NT brother is much better at it then I am. If I have a calculator, paper, and time then I am fairly good at doing more complex calculations because that kind of thing relates a lot to my special interests. I still struggle a bit in my math classes and I am not naturally very good at it.

As they say, if you have met one aspie then you have met one aspie. We are as different from each other as two NT's. There should be no pressure for you to fit into the autistic stereotype because we are not all the same.

I enjoy maths. It's fun and I'm not bad at it. Unfortunately, it's not a special interest, so I have trouble focusing on larger maths problems if they don't directly benefit something I'm interested in. I can understand why some autistic people might struggle with maths, though, just as I understand some NTs are good at it and some aren't. I also understand why it might have a greater allure to us, but that doesn't mean that allure is universal.

Everyone is different.

My math skills:

Yes and No.

I did well at Maths at school because I'm quite good at the "abtract" stuff like re-arranging equations and geometry - being a programming geek probably helped a lot with that.

Manipulating actual numbers, though - I'm hopeless. Even adding a couple of simple two digit numbers in my head I find difficult - I get lost the moment there is a "carry over" from one digit to another.

I always found my step-dad a strange case with this. He didn't excel in Maths at school, and claims to be not mathematically able. However, he is very keen on betting on the horse races, and can calculate potential winnings over multiple races with different odds in his head in real time as the race results come in - which I think of as an astounding ability (he's NT by the way, not some kind of savant).

So it seems that a person can have very different abilities in Mathematics and Arithmetic, which are not strictly the same thing.

i really suck at math, just basic multiplying and dividing has my hair-a-burning. Subtraction and Adding tend to be easier because i can visualize it.

Contrary to many autistics i did well with simple algebra.

I had the highest grades in all the match courses at high school I took, except for some advanced set theory courses and Hamiltonian integrals. The lowest math grade I got in my life was 81% (Advanced Set Theory)