Larry Mullen Jr. has detailed the impacts of the disorder on his career and the challenges of counting musical bars
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Difficulty with batting and impact on career
Larry Mullen Jr., drummer and co-founder of U2, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with dyscalculia, a condition related to dyslexia that affects his ability to handle numbers. During an interview with Times Radio he commented on how this difficulty has influenced his work over the years.
“I’ve always known there’s something particularly wrong with the way I handle numbers. I’m numerically challenged,” Mullen told Deadline. “I recently realized that I have dyscalculia, which is a subversion of dyslexia. So I can’t count [e] I can’t add it up.”
The musician, who founded U2 in 1976 alongside Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton, has shared how his condition affects his performance as a drummer. “When people watch me play they sometimes say, ‘You look like you’re in pain.’ ”, he explained.
Involvement in a documentary on dyslexia
In addition to dealing with his own condition, Mullen revealed that his son is also dyslexic. He is involved in the documentary “Left Behind”, written by Karen Sim and directed by Anna Wild Toomey, which follows five mothers struggling to establish the first public school for children with dyslexia in New York. The film was included in the preliminary shortlist for the Oscars.
“You know, it’s a political movement in a weird way,” Mullen said of the documentary, which he also produced.
Source: Terra
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