Signs of dyslexia can appear as early as pre-school age. Whether you are a parent or a teacher – or think you may have dyslexia yourself – here’s what to look out for.
Symptoms of dyslexia related to reading include:
- Complaining of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading,
- Confusion with letters, numbers, words, sequences or verbal explanations,
- Reading requires repetition, addition, omission, substitution and replacement of letters, numbers and/or words,
- Complaining of feeling or seeing non-existent movement when reading, writing or copying,
- Alleged vision problems, although an eye test does not reveal a problem,
- Reading with little comprehension,
- Spelling words phonetically and inconsistently,
- Very slow acquisition of reading skills. Reading is slow and awkward,
- Problems reading unfamiliar words, often guessing as it is difficult to say the words,
- Lack of strategies for reading new words,
- Avoidance of reading aloud,
- Difficulties with reading and spelling in childhood,
- Reading still requires a lot of effort and is done at a slow pace,
- Avoidance of reading for pleasure,
- Slow reading of most material – books, textbooks, subtitles in films.
Wondering if you suffer from dyslexia? You can use an online dyslexia test.
Sources:
- https://leki.pl/poradnik/czy-dysleksja-jest-mozliwa-do-wyleczenia/
