Dyslexia Symptoms
Early Signs (Before School):
● Delayed speech development.
● Difficulty learning nursery rhymes or recognizing rhyming patterns.
● Difficulties accurately forming words, such as mispronouncing words or mixing similar-sounding terms.
● Difficulties with letter, number, and color recognition.
School-Age Signs:
● Difficulty in learning and remembering the names of letters and numbers.
● Slow vocabulary growth.
● Reading far below the required level for the age; difficulties processing and comprehending what is said;
trouble coming up with the correct term or formulating responses to questions.
● Difficulties recalling the order of things.
● Difficulty recognizing (and sometimes hearing) word and letter similarities and differences.
● Incapacity to pronounce a word that is unknown by sound.
● Spelling challenges.
● Taking an abnormally lengthy time to finish writing or reading assignments Staying away from reading-related activities.
Teens and Adults:
● Reading challenges, especially when reading aloud.
● Labor-intensive and slow reading and writing.
● Spelling issues.
● Avoiding reading-related activities.
● Mispronouncing terms or names, or other issues obtaining words.
● Taking an abnormally lengthy time to finish writing or reading assignments.
● Having trouble condensing a story.
● Difficulties with arithmetic word problems.
● Difficulties with learning a new language.
If you are concerned about the possibility of dyslexia, please call our office for a consultation.