Teenagers / Students / Adults
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 summarising 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, organising and managing time, materials and tasks.
Adults
- May hide reading problems.
- May spell poorly; relies on others to correct spelling.
- Avoids writing; may not be able to write.
- Often very competent in oral language.
- Relies on memory; may have an excellent memory.
- Often has good “people” skills.
- Often is spatially talented; professions include, but are not limited, to engineers, architects, designers, artists and craftspeople, mathematicians, physicists, physicians (esp. surgeons and orthopedists), and dentists.
- May be very good at “reading” people (intuitive).
- In jobs is often working well below their intellectual capacity.
- May have difficulty with planning, organization and management of time, materials and tasks.
- Often entrepreneurs.
If you suspect you might be dyslexic, an independent adult dyslexia assessment will help you understand your dyslexia which could well boost your self-esteem. It will also help your employer come to terms with the necessary provisions you will require in the workplace.
For more information about dyslexia assessments and to find out how much they cost please visit our Dyslexia Assessment page here: https://thefamilypsychologist.co.uk/content/Dyslexic-Assessment