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37 Common Characteristics of Dyslexia

                    © 1992 by Ronald D. Davis.
                    Reprinted with permission        Page 2 of 2

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.

Behaviour, 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.

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.

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