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37 Characteristics of Dyslexics
Most people with Dyslexia or ADD will exhibit about 10 of the following traits and
behaviours. These characteristics can vary from day to day, minute to minute.
The most consistent things about these traits in the inconsistency in which they appear.
Look at the following list and see how you shape up! You may be surprised.
Generally
 | 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 "behaviour problem." |
| Isn't "behind enough" or "bad enough" to be helped in
the school setting. |
| High in I.Q., 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 sequence 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 experience, 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). |
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| Behaviour, Health, Development, and
Personality |
| Extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly. |
| Can be class clown, trouble maker, or too quite. |
| Had unusually early or late development stages, (talking,
walking crawling, tying shoes etc). |
| Prone to ear infections; sensitive to foods, additives, and
chemical products. |
|
| Can be and extra heavy 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 and emotional distress, or poor health. |
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© 1992 by Ronald D. Davis, Reprinted
with Permission
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