What are the symptoms of dyslexia?

Answer 1

I have a website that list the symptoms of dyslexia. I myself am dyslexia.. here is a short list.. for a longer list visit my web-page at http://dyslexiamylife.org/signs_dsy.html

Early signs of Dyslexia

• Reverses letter sequences (soiled/solid, left/felt)

• Slow to learn prefixes, suffixes, root words, and other spelling strategies

• Avoids reading aloud

• Trouble with word problems

• Difficulty with handwriting

• Awkward, fist-like, or tight pencil grip

• Avoids writing compositions

• Slow or poor recall of facts

• Difficulty making friends

• Trouble understanding body language and facial expressions

• Difficulty expressing oneself

• Delay in learning tasks such as tying shoes & telling time

• Inattentiveness; distractibility

• Inability to follow directions

• Left-right confusion

• Difficulty learning the alphabet, times tables, words of songs or rhymes

• Poor playground skills

• Difficulty learning to read

• Mixing the order of letters or numbers while reading or writing

Common Signs of Dyslexia in Pre-School

• May talk later than most children

• May have difficulty pronouncing words, i.e., busgetti for spaghetti, mawn lower for lawn mower

• May be slow to add new vocabulary words

• May be unable to recall the right word

• May have difficulty with rhyming

• May have trouble learning the alphabet, numbers, days of the week, colors, shapes, how to spell and write his or her name

• May have trouble interacting with peers

• May be unable to follow multi-step directions or routines

• Fine motor skills may develop more slowly than in other children

• May have difficulty telling and/or retelling a story in the correct sequence

• Often has difficulty separating sounds in words and blending sounds to make words

Common Signs: Grades K-4

• Has difficulty decoding single words (reading single words in isolation)

• May be slow to learn the connection between letters and sounds

• May confuse small words - at - to, said - and, does - goes

• Makes consistent reading and spelling errors including:

• -- letter reversals - d for b as in, dog for bog

• -- Word reversals - tip for pit

• -- Inversions - m and w, u and n

• -- Transpositions - felt and left

• -- Substitutions - house and home

• May transpose number sequences and confuse arithmetic signs (+ - x / =)

• May have trouble remembering facts

• May be slow to learn new skills; relies heavily on memorizing without understanding

• May be impulsive and prone to accidents

• May have difficulty planning

• Often uses an awkward pencil grip (fist, thumb hooked over fingers, etc.)

• May have trouble learning to tell time

• May have poor fine-motor coordination

Common Signs o f Dyslexia Grades 5-8

• Is usually reading below grade level

• May reverse letter sequences - soiled for solid, left for felt

• May be slow to discern and to learn prefixes, suffixes, root words, and other reading and spelling strategies

• May have difficulty spelling, spells same word differently on the same page

• May avoid reading aloud

• May have trouble with word problems in math

• May write with difficulty with illegible handwriting; pencil grip is awkward, fist-like or tight

• May avoid writing

• May have slow or poor recall of facts

• May have difficulty making friends

• May not understand body language and facial expressions of others

• May have trouble with non-literal language (idioms, jokes, proverbs, slang)

• May forget to hand in homework or to bring in homework

• May have difficulty with planning and time management

Common Signs of Dyslexia High School and College Graduates

• May read very slowly with many inaccuracies

• Continues to spell incorrectly, frequently spells the same word differently in a single piece of writing

• May procrastinate reading and writing tasks

• May avoid writing

• May have trouble summarizing and outlining

• May have trouble answering open-ended questions on tests

• May have poor memory skills

• May not adjust well to new settings or to change

• May work slowly

• May have poor grasp of abstract concepts

• May pay too little attention to details or focus too much on them

• May misread information

• May not complete assignments; may complete them and not hand them in

• May have an inadequate store of knowledge from previous reading

• May have difficulty with planning and time management

Dyslexia Symptoms Adults

• Difficulty in processing auditory information

• Losing possessions; poor organizational skills

• Slow reading; poor comprehension

• Difficulty remembering names of people and places

• Hesitant speech; difficulty finding appropriate words

• Difficulty organizing ideas to write a letter or paper

• Poor spelling

• Inability to recall numbers in proper sequence

• Lowered self-esteem due to past frustrations

• May hide their reading problems; many subterfuges

• May spell poorly; relies on others

• Avoids writing; may not be able to write

• Often very competent in oral language

• Relies on memory; may have excellent memories

• Often has good "people" skills

• Often is spatially talented; engineers, architects, designers, artists and craftspeople, mathematicians, physicists, physicians (especially orthopads, surgeons), dentists

• May be very good at "reading" people (intuitive)

• In jobs is often working well below their intellectual capacity

• May have difficulty with planning and organization

• May have difficulty with time; often too early, late or forgets appointments. Relies on digital watches; cannot tell time

• Often entrepreneurs; may have lost one or more businesses they started

Answer 2

Symptoms of dyslexia include learning better with hands on projects, difficulty reading and writing, difficulty telling time, headaches and poor hand eye coordination.