Common Signs of Dyslexia - High School & Tertiary

The difficulties noted below are often associated with dyslexia if they are unexpected for the individual's age, educational level, or cognitive abilities. A qualified diagnostician can test a person to determine if he or she is truly dyslexic.

* May read very slowly with many inaccuracies.

* Continues to spell incorrectly, frequently spells the same word differently in a single piece of writing.

* May avoid reading and writing tasks.

* May have trouble summarizing and outlining.

* May have trouble answering open-ended questions on tests.

* May have difficulty learning a foreign language.

* May have poor memory skills.

* May work slowly.

* May pay too little attention to details or focus too much on them.

* May misread information.

* May have an inadequate vocabulary.

* May have an inadequate store of knowledge from previous reading.

* May have difficulty with planning, organizing and managing time, materials and tasks - SEE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION