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CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA, High School

The following signs may be associated with dyslexia if they are unexpected for the individual’s age, educational level, or cognitive abilities.

Has a history of reading and spelling difficulties;
Avoids reading aloud;
Reads most materials slowly; oral reading is labored, not fluent;
Avoids reading for pleasure;
Lacks a strategy to read new words;
Is better at reading words in context, rather than in isolation;
May have inadequate vocabulary;
Mispronunciation of the names of people and places, tripping over parts of words;
Uses imprecise language, such as vague references to stuff or things instead of the proper name of an object;
Not being able to find the exact word, such as confusing words that sound alike: saying tornado instead of volcano, substituting lotion for ocean or humanity for humidity;
May be slow to discern and to learn prefixes, suffixes, root words and other reading and spelling strategies;
Poorer performance on multiple choice tests than other types;
Inability to finish tests on time;
Has difficulty spelling phonetically;
Has difficulty with word problems in math;
Difficulty learning a foreign language;
Strong thinking skills: conceptualization, reasoning, imagination, abstraction;
Has the ability to get the “big picture”;
Has a high level of understanding what is read to him;
Has a surprisingly good listening vocabulary;
Stronger ability in areas not dependent on reading, such as math, computers, art;
A family history of reading problems in parents or siblings.

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