Common Signs: High School and College
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 slowly with many inaccuracies. Continue 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 essay or 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 trouble with planning, organizing, and managing time and tasks.