What are the signs of dyslexia?

Question

Thank you for your answers, for I think that I may have it! :(

Answer 1

"KNOCK OUT'S" got it.  I have it and am a teacher for the Learning Disabled.  Letters move around, numbers, too...tried to pay $18 for and $81 necklace.

May have probs with space, depth, distance.

Headaches.  May ask for glasses when sight is 20/20.

Here's the surprise:  MAY BE TELEPATHIC and therefore be surprised when have trouble with communicating with strangers.  Do well on spelling tests if can read teacher's mind then BOOM fail it when a different teacher gives it which is why people think they are faking their LD probs...inconsistency.

Answer 2

Inability to read/learn. Do some research, I am sure there are some organizations on the internet that give out info.

Answer 3

Dyslexia is a learning disability. Difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling.

Answer 4

The symptoms are as follows:

Directional Confusion, Sequencing Difficulties, Difficulties with the Little Words, Bizarre Reading and Spelling, Late Talking or Immature Speech, Difficulties with Handwriting, and Difficulties with Math.

Answer 5

Difficulty telling letters apart like  d from b.

High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written.

Prone to ear infections; sensitive to foods, additives, and chemical products.

Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.

Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations.

Answer 6

only males get dyslexia dear.

Answer 7

* Difficulty learning and remembering printed words

* Letter reversal (b for d, p for q), number reversals (6 for 9), and changed order of letters in words (tar for rat, quite for quiet) or numbers (12 for 21)

* Leaving out or inserting words while reading

* Confusing vowel sounds or substituting one consonant for another

* Persistent spelling errors

* Difficulty writing

* Delayed or inadequate speech

* Trouble picking the right word to fit the meaning desired when speaking

* Problems with direction (up and down) and time (before and after, yesterday and tomorrow)

* Clumsiness

*** You may want to check with your doctor first. You might not have it. Your doctor could possibly run some tests.

Answer 8

when you read and write words all mixed up. its like your brain rearranges the letters of words. if u have it you should get help from people who will help you deal with dyslexia

Answer 9

if you read words backwords, your dislexic.

Answer 10

The word ‘dyslexia’ means ‘difficulty with words or language’, and is frequently used to refer to a child — or adult — who seems much brighter than what his reading and written work suggest.  I have included a couple of links that discuss the numerous signs of dyslexia.   Best of luck.

Answer 11

when the 'check spelling' corrects every word you type lol

Answer 12

A person who has a reading disorder. It is not really that common. I wish there was a cure. Love the other answers.

Answer 13

reading signs like: gnidaer sngis

Answer 14

mixing up letters and word for example if you would have an e it might be upside down and the word might be back words and you see shapes and things like that but dyslexia is editary

Answer 15

General

Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level.

Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, "not trying hard enough," or "behavior problem."

Isn't "behind enough" or "bad enough" to be helped in the school setting.

High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written.

Feels dumb; has poor self-esteem; hides or covers up weaknesses with ingenious compensatory strategies; easily frustrated and emotional about school reading or testing.

Talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering.

Seems to "Zone out" or daydream often; gets lost easily or loses track of time.

Difficulty sustaining attention; seems "hyper" or "daydreamer."

Learns best through hands-on experience, demonstrations, experimentation, observation, and visual aids.

Vision, Reading, and Spelling

Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.

Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations.

Reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions, and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words.

Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying.

Seems to have difficulty with vision, yet eye exams don't reveal a problem.

Extremely keen sighted and observant, or lacks depth perception and peripheral vision.

Reads and rereads with little comprehension.

Spells phonetically and inconsistently.

Hearing and Speech

Has extended hearing; hears things not said or apparent to others; easily distracted by sounds.

Difficulty putting thoughts into words; speaks in halting phrases; leaves sentences incomplete; stutters under stress; mispronounces long words, or transposes phrases, words, and syllables when speaking.



Writing and Motor Skills

Trouble with writing or copying; pencil grip is unusual; handwriting varies or is illegible.

Clumsy, uncoordinated, poor at ball or team sports; difficulties with fine and/or gross motor skills and tasks; prone to motion-sickness.

Can be ambidextrous, and often confuses left/right, over/under.

Math and Time Management

Has difficulty telling time, managing time, learning sequenced information or tasks, or being on time.

Computing math shows dependence on finger counting and other tricks; knows answers, but can't do it on paper.

Can count, but has difficulty counting objects and dealing with money.

Can do arithmetic, but fails word problems; cannot grasp algebra or higher math.

Memory and Cognition

Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, and faces.

Poor memory for sequences, facts and information that has not been experienced.

Thinks primarily with images and feeling, not sounds or words (little internal dialogue).

Behavior, Health, Development and Personality

Extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly.

Can be class clown, trouble-maker, or too quiet.

Had unusually early or late developmental stages (talking, crawling, walking, tying shoes).

Prone to ear infections; sensitive to foods, additives, and chemical products.

Can be an extra deep or light sleeper; bedwetting beyond appropriate age.

Unusually high or low tolerance for pain.

Strong sense of justice; emotionally sensitive; strives for perfection.

Mistakes and symptoms increase dramatically with confusion, time pressure, emotional stress, or poor health.

Answer 16

the symptoms...........duh

when you read, the letters get all mixed up.

Answer 17

having trouble reading.

Answer 18

It's tough to tell cause there are so many different varieties of it.  

I guess the most prevalent symptoms are a difficult in reading or writing.  Like your teacher or people around you will tell you that you are writing letters backwards or spelling words backwards or letter combinations backwards.

And do you have a tough time reading?  Like the words the teacher writes on the board, or words in book are hard to read.  Those are pretty much the most obvious symptoms.

If you suspect you have it, go to a doctor.  There are dyslexia centers around too.  We have one where we live even.  (Surprisingly enough)

Answer 19

well spelling things back words people with dyslexia spell things that look alike wrong like they spell bad like this dab and not notice.

Answer 20

the letters && words move when you try to read.

Answer 21

delayed speech (not speaking any words by the child's first birthday. Often, they don't start talking until they are two, two-and-a-half, three, or even older.)

mixing up sounds in multi-syllabic words (ex: aminal for animal, bisghetti for spaghetti, hekalopter for helicopter, hangaberg for hamburger, mazageen for magazine, etc.)

early stuttering or cluttering

lots of ear infections

can't master tying shoes

confusion over left versus right, over versus under, before versus after, and other directionality words and concepts

late to establish a dominant hand

May switch from right hand to left hand while coloring, writing, or doing any other task. Eventually, the child will usually establish a preferred hand, but it may not be until they are 7 or 8. Even then, they may use one hand for writing, but the other hand for sports.

inability to correctly complete phonemic awareness task

despite listening to stories that contain lots of rhyming words, such as Dr. Seuss, cannot tell you words that rhyme with cat or seat by the age of four-and-a-half

difficulty learning the names of the letters or sounds in the alphabet; difficulty writing the alphabet in order

Trouble correctly articulating R's and L's as well as M's and N's. They often have "immature" speech. They may still be saying "wed and gween" instead of "red and green" in second or third grade.

reading:

can read a word on one page, but won't recognize it on the next page.

knows phonics, but can't—or won't—sound out an unknown word.

slow, labored, inaccurate reading of single words in isolation (when there is no story line or pictures to provide clues)

When they misread, they often say a word that has the same first and last letters, and the same shape, such as form-from or trial-trail.

they may insert or leave out letters, such as could-cold or star-stair.

they may say a word that has the same letters, but in a different sequence, such as who-how, lots-lost, saw-was, or girl-grill.

when reading aloud, reads in a slow, choppy cadence (not in smooth phrases), and often ignores punctuation

becomes visibly tired after reading for only a short time

reading comprehension may be low due to spending so much energy trying to figure out the words. Listening comprehension is usually significantly higher than reading comprehension.

directionality confusion shows up when reading and when writing

b-d confusion is a classic warning sign. One points to the left, the other points to the right, and they are left-right confused.

b-p, n-u, or m-w confusion. One points up, the other points down. That's also directionality confusion.

Substitutes similar-looking words, even if it changes the meaning of the sentence, such as sunrise for surprise, house for horse, while for white, wanting for walking

When reading a story or a sentence, substitutes a word that means the same thing but doesn't look at all similar, such as trip for journey, fast for speed, or cry for weep

Misreads, omits, or even adds small function words, such as an, a, from, the, to, were, are, of

Omits or changes suffixes, saying need for needed, talks for talking, or late for lately.

Spelling:

Their spelling is far worse than their reading. They sometimes flunk inventive spelling. They have extreme difficulty with vowel sounds, and often leave them out.

With enormous effort, they may be able to "memorize" Monday's spelling list long enough to pass Friday's spelling test, but they can't spell those very same words two hours later when writing those words in sentences.

Continually misspells high frequency sight words (nonphonetic but very common words) such as they, what, where, does and because—despite extensive practice.

Misspells even when copying something from the board or from a book.

Written work shows signs of spelling uncertainty--numerous erasures, cross outs, etc.

good luck=]

Answer 22

not sure...i dont remember cause when i found out i had dyslexia i was in the first grade and i really dint get it...but the only thing i can remember was that i had a hard time reading and i was behind all my classmates

also when i read some of the letters were mixing up like i would confuse b with d or p with q or r  with f.

but right now i dont have dyslexia anymore. i lost it when i was 10.

Answer 23

My one son is dyslexis. Growing up, we noticed it when he started school. Trouble with writing his name, backward letters all the time, but they could be put to a mirror and seen corrrectly. Dyslexia is usually caught early, but there are milder forms of it. Only a doctor can lead you through the process to determine if you are dyslexic, could be a mild learning disability.  If you are in school, talk to the teacher or social worker there. Good luck.

Answer 24

Our perceptions of letters and/or numbers get inverted.  Many people think that the words just appear backwards, but it's not that simple.  Fro exalmpe, cloud I be dilsexic?

Answer 25

Dyslexia can be difficult to recognize before your child enters school, but some early clues may indicate a problem. If your young child begins talking late, adds new words slowly and has difficulty rhyming, he or she may be at increased risk of dyslexia.

Once your child is in school, dyslexia symptoms may become more apparent, including:

The inability to recognize words and letters on a printed page

A reading ability level well below the expected level for the age of your child

Children with dyslexia commonly have problems processing and understanding what they hear. They may have difficulty comprehending rapid instructions, following more than one command at a time or remembering the sequence of things. Reversals of letters (b for d) and a reversal of words (saw for was) are typical among children who have dyslexia. Reversals are also common for children age 6 and younger who don't have dyslexia. But with dyslexia, the reversals persist.

Children with dyslexia may fail to see (and occasionally to hear) similarities and differences in letters and words, may not recognize the spacing that organizes letters into separate words, and may be unable to sound out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word.