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U2’s Larry Mullen Jr. Reveals Dyscalculia Diagnosis: Counting Bars of Music Like ‘Climbing Everest’

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. revealed that he was recently diagnosed with dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to count.

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. said that he was recently diagnosed with dyscalculia, a learning disability similar to dyslexia that effects a person’s ability to do arithmetic or comprehend numbers. Mullen discussed his diagnosis during an interview about a new documentary, Left Behind, about a group of mothers trying to open the first public school in New York City for children with dyslexia. She said that while working an early job at a bar, she struggled to count change so devised a system where she learned the shape of each coin and gave them a geometric value.

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