Dyslexia Warning Signs
Dyslexia looks different in everyone, and no two cases are alike. These are the signs of dyslexia you should be on the lookout for. If more than three or four of these attributes describe you or your child, contact us today for a no-cost consultation.
Ages 5 and Under
• Close relative with reading struggles
• A delay in learning to talk
• Late establishment of a dominant hand
• Frequent ear infections
• Difficulty with learning letter names and sounds
• Difficulty with nursery rhymes and songs
• Difficulty with pronunciation of sounds in words
• Mixes up syllables in words
• Confuses before/after, above/below, yesterday/tomorrow
• Confuses left/right
• Unable to rhyme words
• Difficulty tying shoes
Elementary Grades
• Letter/number reversals past grade 1
• Difficulty with learning sight words
• Slow, laborious reading
• Difficulty counting syllables
• Difficulty rapidly naming letters/objects
• Difficulty identifying sounds within words
• Great difficulty copying
• Inability to manipulate sounds in words
• Inability to sound out words despite knowing letter sounds (phonics)
• Dysgraphia – difficulty with writing
• Skips or confuses small words when reading (to, on, at, the)
• Difficulty remembering proper letter formation
• Skips suffixes when reading
• Difficulty with homophones
• Poor spelling
• Omits capital letters and punctuation when writing
• Might pass spelling tests but isn’t able to spell the same words later
• Difficulty telling time on clock with hands
• Trouble with word retrieval
• Guesses at words when reading
• Difficulty with cursive writing
• Poor comprehension
• Difficulty reading multi-syllable words
• Difficulty with memorization of math facts
• Difficulty with word problems in math
• Enormous difficulty with memorization of sequences
• Downward trend in achievement testing
• Homework is a battleground
• Fear of reading aloud
• Over reliance on context to discern words and meanings
• Difficulty reading words in isolation (lists or flash cards)
Teens and Adults
• Poor grades in school despite being bright
• Slow reader
• Terrible spelling
• Difficulty with organization
• Still confuses right and left
• Limited vocabulary
• Difficulty mastering a foreign language
• Writing skills are much lower than verbal skills
• Often needs to reread passages
• Gets lost easily
• May still confuse b and d
• Difficulty with word retrieval
• Low self-esteem
• Difficulty with time management
• Good listening comprehension and poor reading comprehension
• Performs poorly on tests and essays
• Difficulty with proofreading
• Mixed handedness dominance (writes with right, sports with left)
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