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Signs of Dyslexia

If your child has 3 or more of the following warning signs, dyslexia may be the cause of their struggles. Please learn more about dyslexia by watching the videos below.

Preschool

  • Delayed speech

  • Mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words

  • Chronic ear infections

  • Stuttering

  • Constant confusion of left versus right

  • Late establishing a dominant hand

  • Difficulty learning to tie shoes

  • Trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or the alphabet

  • Can’t create words that rhyme

  • A close relative with dyslexia

Elementary School

  • Dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic handwriting that is difficult to read)

  • Letter or number reversals continuing past the end of first grade

  • Extreme difficulty learning cursive

  • Slow choppy inaccurate reading: guesses based on shape or context; skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of); ignores suffixes; can't sound out unknown words

  • Terrible spelling

  • Can’t sound out unknown words 

  • Often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does) or homonyms (their, they’re, and there)

  • Difficulty telling time with a clock with hands

  • Trouble with math: memorizing multiplication tables; memorizing a sequence of steps; directionality

  • When speaking, difficulty finding the correct word: lots of “whatyamacallits” and “thingies”

  • When speaking, common sayings come out slightly twisted

  • Extremely messy bedroom, backpack, and desk

  • Dreads going to school - complains of stomach aches or headaches - may have nightmares about school

High School

All of the above symptoms plus:

  • Limited vocabulary

  • Extremely poor written expression: large discrepancy between verbal skills and written compositions

  • Unable to master a foreign language

  • Difficulty reading printed music

  • Poor grades in many classes

  • May drop out of high school

Adults

Education history similar to above, plus:

  • Slow reader

  • May have to read a page 2 or 3 times to understand it

  • Terrible speller

  • Difficulty putting thoughts onto paper - dreads writing memos or letters

  • Still has difficulty with right versus left

  • Often gets lost, even in a familiar city

  • Sometimes confuses b and d, especially when tired or sick

Reprinted with prior written permission from Susan Barton,
Founder of Bright Solutions for Dyslexia
www.BrightSolutions.US
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