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  • There is more effort needed than a non-dyslexic person for reading and writing.

 

  • Trouble reading and writing, especially with unfamiliar words

 

  • Usually avoids reading out loud

 

  • Confuses words that are spelled alike

 

  • Trouble connecting words and letters to their sounds

  • Can get headaches,stomach pain and dizziness when reading, especially as a young child

 

  • Uses "stuff" and "thing" and "ummm" a lot and doesn't hesitates

 

  • Mixes up words that are alike

 

  • Trouble formulating what you want to say and write

 

  • processing words goes slower, therefore also gives slower response

 

  • Makes a lot of spelling mistakes, even when copying a text

 

  • Trouble doing mental maths and counting

 

 

  • Messy handwriting

 

  • Trouble remembering dates, names and numbers

 

  • Trouble finishing tests on time

 

  • Trouble learning a new language

 

  • Trouble with doing multiple choice tests

 

 

 

  • Sometimes change social life into studying

 

  • Trouble learning, facts, complete sentences, the alphabet, rhyme songs

 

  • Trouble organizing, like the day or thoughts

 

 

  • Trouble concentrating

 

  • No feeling of time and early losses track

 

  • Be extremely hyper or a real daydreamer

 

  • Fear of making mistakes due to low self esteem

 

  • Even Though the dyslexic person gets good grades doesn't see him/herself as smart

 

  • Can understand the story very well when read out loud

 

  • Has a large listening vocabulary

 

  • Usually has a good context in written work

 

  • Can see the bigger picture

 

  • Thinks out of the box

 

  • Usually adopts faser to new thing

 

  • Usually improves when focusing at something he or she likes

 

  • Very curious

 

  • As children: more mature than the other children

 

  • Good at building models

 

 

 

 

  • Likes to get new ideas

 

  • Thinks more, conceptual, imaginative, abstract and with reasoning

 

  • Very creative

 

  • Easily finds the main idea

 

  • Likes puzzles

 

  • Are sensitive for people's feelings, easily reads people feelings

 

  • When getting more time performs the test better

 

  • Learns best through seeing and doing

  • Learns through meaning and understanding it

 

  • Good at solving problems

 

  • Strongly persistent

 

  • Easily finds patterns

 

  • Very big imagination

 

 

  • high learning ability

 

 

  • Has a good long term memory

Characteristics of Dyslexia:

Made by Kirsten LaFlamme

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