SYMPTOMS OF DYSLEXIA

1. Short or variable attention span (difficulty in following directions)
2. Variable memory for symbols, sounds, patterns (difficulty in copying from board and in recognizing right – left shoe pattern)
3. Impaired spatial perception (reversals in letters and numbers beyond age level)
4. Impaired time perception
   (slow in finishing work)
5. Specific school problems
   (reading, writing, spelling, math)
6. Variable performance on test
   (high in some areas, low in others)
7. School performance often attributed to “immaturity,” lack of motivation, emotional disturbance.
8. Increased or clumsy motor activity
9. Impaired right – left dominance
10.  Impaired right – left recognition
11. Speech irregularities