Warning Signs of Dyslexia

• Delayed speech
• Mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words
• Chronic ear infections
• Severe reactions to childhood illnesses
• Late establishing a dominant hand (Past age 5)

• Difficulty learning to tie shoes (Past age 5)
• Trouble memorizing 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 reversals continuing past the end of first grade
• Extreme difficulty learning cursive
• Terrible spelling
• Often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does) or homonyms (their, they’re, and there)
• Constant confusion of left versus right
• Trouble with math (memorizing multiplication tables)
• Trouble memorizing a sequence of steps
• Trouble memorizing their address and phone number

• Trouble with Directionality
• Word finding problems by incorrectly labeling items/objects “whatyamacallits”, “thingies”, etc.
• Common sayings come out slightly twisted
• Difficulty telling time with an analog clock (clock with hands)
• Slow, choppy reading:Skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of)
• Ignores suffixes
• Can’t sound out unknown words
• Poor organization

Education history similar to above, plus:

• Slow reader
• Poor reading comprehension
• Trouble spelling
• 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