According to the International Dyslexia Association, dyslexia impacts anywhere from 15% to 20% of people in the world, and that pattern holds across many languages. In addition to the reading challenges and the intellectual strengths listed on the What Is Dyslexia? page of this site, below are some of the frequent indicators for dyslexia.
- A strong family history of dyslexia
- Trouble with directions (e.g., left, right, up, down)
- Finding it hard to memorize disconnected facts or sequences (e.g., alphabet, days of week, multiplication tables, etc.)
- Oral language delay in toddlerhood
- Mixing up sounds (aminal vs. animal)
- Can read a word on one page but not on the next page
- Significant struggles with spelling
- Late to establish a dominant hand
- Leaving out vowels when using inventive spelling
- Difficulty with penmanship
- Reversing letters
For more information, the file below provides a helpful summary of characteristics of dyslexia broken down by age. This file is offered by permission from Susan Barton at Bright Solutions for Dyslexia.
Does your child have some of these traits? If so, you may want to consider having him or her tested professionally. To find suggestions of where you might find a professional evaluator in your area as well as to find out more about a preliminary dyslexia screening I offer, please visit my screening for dyslexia page.
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