Nearly 1 in 5 people…..
Can’t read well because of dyslexia.  Although people with dyslexia struggle with spelling, writing and reading, they
often excel in science, sports, music, and art.

• Delayed speech
• Mixing up the sounds and syllables in long
  words
• Chronic ear infections
• Severe reactions to childhood illnesses
• Constant confusion of left versus right
• Late establishing 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

• Dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic handwriting that is difficult to read)
• Letter or number reversal 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
• Often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does) or homonyms (their, they’re, there)
• Difficulty telling time on a clock with hands
• Trouble with math (memorizing multiplication tables, and memorizing a sequence of steps)
• Difficulty finding the correct word when speaking, uses
  ( “whatchamacallits” and “thingies”)
• Extremely messy bedroom or backpack
• Dreads going to school (complains of stomachaches or headaches, may have nightmares about school)

High School

• 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

• Slow reader
• May have to read a page 2 or 3 times to understand it
• Terrible spelling
• Difficulty putting thoughts onto paper
• 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

For more Information:  www.askmeaboutdyslexia.com

“Warning Signs” are reprinted with permission of Susan Barton
Founder of Bright Solutions of Dyslexia.
www.BrightSolutions.US