{"id":1222,"date":"2023-09-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2023-09-19T02:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T02:52:45","slug":"ep-266-twice-exceptional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/ep-266-twice-exceptional\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 266- &#8220;Twice Exceptional&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2162\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1222-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/episodes\/ep266TwiceExceptional.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/episodes\/ep266TwiceExceptional.mp3\">https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/episodes\/ep266TwiceExceptional.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/episodes\/ep266TwiceExceptional.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1222-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/episodes\/ep266TwiceExceptional.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep266TwiceExceptional.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snapchat-115690441-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1223\" style=\"width:415px;height:415px\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snapchat-115690441-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snapchat-115690441-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snapchat-115690441-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snapchat-115690441-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Snapchat-115690441-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 85vw, 415px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ep 266-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   Almost everybody struggles with some form of math in school, be it memorizing your times tables in elementary school, high school geometry, or college algebra. Today&#8217;s guest <strong>Michelle<\/strong> struggled more than most. <strong>Michelle<\/strong> was diagnosed <strong><em>dyscalculia<\/em><\/strong>, a learning disability. In some ways similar to <em><strong>dyslexia<\/strong><\/em>, <strong><em>dyscalculia<\/em><\/strong> is mathematics learning disorder, but it&#8217;s not just adding numbers, it&#8217;s much more. <strong>Michelle <\/strong>learned to overcome her own disabilities and is now in education and advocating for others with learning disabilities. An inspiring and educational conversation (brought to you by the numbers 2 and 6) in this week&#8217;s episode of the <strong>WHAT&#8217;S YER WEIRD STORY ? Podcast!  <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ep 266- Almost everybody struggles with some form of math in school, be it memorizing your times tables in elementary school, high school geometry, or college algebra. Today&#8217;s guest Michelle struggled more than most. Michelle was diagnosed dyscalculia, a learning disability. In some ways similar to dyslexia, dyscalculia is mathematics learning disorder, but it&#8217;s not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/ep-266-twice-exceptional\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ep 266- &#8220;Twice Exceptional&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,40,41,5,1,69,2,3],"tags":[146,147,686,688,630,258,610,80,760,77,249,759,19,325,71,543,663,217,315,709,18,72],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adam-beeby","category-barry-johnston","category-high-strangeness","category-mystery","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","category-unusual-careers","category-whats-yer-weird-story-podcast","category-whats-yer-weird-story","tag-adam-beeby","tag-barry-johnston","tag-bigfoot-podcast","tag-cryptid-podcast","tag-family-history","tag-family-stories","tag-ghost-podcast","tag-high-strangeness","tag-memoir","tag-mystery","tag-paranormal-podcast","tag-personal-stories","tag-podcast","tag-podcasting","tag-storytelling","tag-supernatural-podcast","tag-true-crime-podcast","tag-true-stories","tag-true-story","tag-ufo-podcast","tag-whats-yer-weird-story","tag-whats-yer-weird-story-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsyerweirdstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}