- Inconsistent spelling
- Getting letters in words mixed up
- Reading or writing slowly/inaccurately
- Difficulty remembering sequences (days of the week, how to tie shoelaces, directions)
- Trouble telling left from right
- Trouble telling the time
- Needing more time to think before speaking (trouble joining up sounds with words)
- Reading anxiety
- Visual disturbances when reading print (for some)
- Difficulty processing speech or sound, especially in the presence of background noise (for some)
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- Big picture thinking – 9/10 dyslexics describe being able to see past the detail to an overview of the whole problem (Made By Dyslexia 2017)
- Good at strategising – ability to see the big picture helps with this
- Great creative thinking in tasks that need insight (Everatt 1999)
- Some will excel at visual and image-based tasks
- Great imagination – 84% of dyslexics describe themselves as “highly imaginative” (Made By Dyslexia 2017)
- May be more willing to delegate responsibilities when needed (Logan 2009)
- May excel in spoken communication (Logan 2009)
- Good at problem-solving in unexpected ways (Logan 2009, Made By Dyslexia 2017)
- Good at noticing details on the edge of vision (Lorusso et al 2004)
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