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title: 'Video: Teen with dyscalculia shares why she tells friends about her learning issues'
description: Savannah Treviño-Casias has dyscalculia. She explains why she tells friends that she has dyscalculia and shares other tips for teens in this video. Watch now.
slug: video-teen-with-dyscalculia-shares-why-she-tells-friends-about-her-learning-differences
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:50:04.750Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/4846C410EF3045DC9F07C34B48040269/e105bbf3fcfbb954d1841db678c1f0b3/VideoSavannaTrevinoCasias.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-teen-with-dyscalculia-shares-why-she-tells-friends-about-her-learning-differences
lang: en
---

# Video: Teen with dyscalculia shares why she tells friends about her learning issues

What’s it like to have dyscalculia? [Ask teen Savannah Treviño-Casias](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/im-a-successful-student-because-i-embrace-my-dyscalculia). She won the 2015 Anne Ford Scholarship, an award from the [National Center for Learning Disabilities](https://www.ncld.org/) (NCLD), Understood’s founding partner. Treviño-Casias talks about why she tells friends she has dyscalculia and shares her tips for other kids in this video from NCLD.

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