What Characteristics Accompany Dyslexia?
Few individuals with dyslexia exhibit all the signs of the disorder.
- Delayed spoken language
- Errors in letter naming
- Difficulty in learning and remembering printed words
- Repeated spelling errors
- Difficulty with handwriting
- Difficulty in finding the "right" word when speaking
- Slow rate of writing
- Deficient written and oral language skills
- Uncertainty as to right- or left-handedness
- Difficulties in mathematical calculations
- Difficulties with language in math problems
- Similar problems among relatives
- Difficulty with organization
- Lack of awareness of sounds in words, sound order, rhymes, or sequence of syllables
- Difficulty decoding words - single word identification
- Difficulty encoding words - spelling
- Poor sequencing of numbers, of letters in words, when read or written, e.g.: b-d; sing-sign; left-felt; soiled-solid; 12-21
- Problems with reading comprehension
- Difficulty expressing thoughts in written form
- Imprecise or incomplete interpretation of language that is heard
- Difficulty in expressing thoughts orally
- Confusion about directions in space or time (right and left, up and down, early and late, yesterday and tomorrow, months and days)
