After Discovering Learning Disability at Piedmont, Schuerman Pursues Dream of Becoming an Art Teacher
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Carmen Schuerman was always a good student despite a lifelong struggle with numbers and mathematics. It wasn’t until she returned to college in her 60s that she discovered her difficulty had been due to a learning disability. At Piedmont University, she learned its name: dyscalculia. People who have dyscalculia struggle with numbers similarly to how…