Is it normal for Aspies to not be so good with math?

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I am 19 and I would have to say I am not so good at math. I know because it wasn't till last year that I learned Long Division or more about fractions (maybe I already know about it but just forgot and re learned it.) But when it comes to reading and writing I excell at it especially at the tests. I was wondering is it normal, to not be so good at math?

learning disabilities are common in aspies. i have visual-spatial ones, but i'm good at math.

It is common to excel in some areas and do poorly in others.

I guess you didnt get the memorandum- the stereotyped image that we have is that were all either like Rainman (arithmatic savants), or like Sheldon in the Big Bang Theory (math-science geniuses)

Lol!

But in reality - like everyone above said- we tend to have a mosaic of strengths weakness and downright disablities. The pattern is different for each person.

I tend to get either an A or an F in math classes.

If I was able to put the time in and rather translate it to narrative, I tended to do quite well.

(and looking back, the semesters I had more than one 'technical' courses, and I count courses like astronomy or economics as technical courses, I tended to really struggle)

I learned addition and subtraction quick and division and multiplication but I had a hard time learning to borrow and carry and then I got it one day when a 6th grade told me if the answer ten and above, always carry the one, if it's above twenty, carry the two, if it's above thirty, carry the three and so on. I got it. I had a hard time with long division problems and double digit problems and it took me a while to get the hang of the double digit ones. The long division I was able to do but I struggled in it. It took me a year to get the hang of fractions and before I was unable to do them and then I finally got the hang of it at the end of 6th grade. I may have forgotten how to do the problems. I never figured out algebra and the school gave up teaching it to me.

Yes, it is perfectly normal. You only hear about the whole mathy side of Aspies as that is more advertised.

I get some parts of math on my first try but on others, like graphing certain functions, take a lot of exposure and practice to get it right. And on some portions, I'll never get it.

Neurotypicals would have autistics believe that they are bad at math but the truth is autistics are the best at math but learn more slowly.

So can you do advanced calculus in 4 dimensions?

im really bad at math
I had to take the ohio graduation test for math 4 times and only passed by a few points

I couldn't understand trigonometry because it took so long to look up values in my school's antiquated textbooks that I often lost track of the problem I was trying to solve. It wasn't until after I bought my first scientific calculator that a metaphorical doorway opened and I metaphorically stepped through into the metaphorical wonder-world of higher mathematics -- everything suddenly made sense.

Math was really hard for me in school..my mind just could not even grasp the basic...my retention was poor you always hear that people with AS are really clever ..in my case as i have got older my math skills have got better..