lling Misspelling visually similar words that are not picked up by a spellchecker: - importance-impotence, brown-drown - cursing-cruising, erotic-exotic Numerous erasure and/or cross-outs which make written work very messy Mixed up and/or omits letters or words
Spelling It's a…. poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson May take up to 2000 times or more to remember how to spell a word, compared to the maximum of 14 times needed by a non- dyslexic. Many famous writers never mastered spelling. Writes the same words differently in the same passage - familiar, femilliar, fammilliar, femmeliar
Listening In a noisy room Screening out important information Sensitivity to some sounds, such as: speakers phone, hand clapping in a theatre etc
Math Memorizing multiplication tables Reversing numbers Losing place in long division Reading difficulties may cause problems understanding written problems
Organization Skills Forgetting appointments Forgetting work at home or office Miscalculating time needed for tasks Getting lost in an unfamiliar building (sometimes in a familiar building as well) Getting mixed up between left-right, west-east, up-down Inability to organize desk If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, just what does an empty desk mean? Source Unknown
Note-taking Inability to read own writing Taking notes while listening Writing fast enough to copy from board
Writing Expressing ideas clearly in writing Difficulty planning and organizing essays Immature writing Poor sentence structure
Common physical problems often seen in dyslexic persons and affecting work environment: Migraine headache caused by fluorescent lighting, noise or weather Extreme stress during testing situations Feeling of being overwhelmed when a large amount of writing is required Motion sickness affecting the ability to use elevators, escalators, driving, etc. Sensitivity to perfumes, strong deodorant or chemicals
Orton-Gillingham based methodology Phoneme awareness cat = /k/ /a/ /t/ Sound-symbol relationship Language Training
If someone spends 3 months in language training and then you find out he/she was dyslexic, then shame on you I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive. John W. Gardner HELP!
Dyslexia-Friendly Testing Extended time Careful with demand speech Know the difference between mispronunciations and dyslexic mistakes Avoid negative sentences Allow spelling mistakes Allow fishing for words
Dyslexia-Friendly Workplace Full-spectrum lighting Chromogens lens/colored overlays Coloured paper Noise-masking Mind-mapping Wordsmith An understanding Boss
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Abraham Lincoln