Learn about Dyslexia, the most prevalent type of learning disability.
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Other related characteristics
Individuals with dyslexia show unique patterns of strengths and weaknesses. They may or may not exhibit some of the following characteristics:
- special talents in mechanical abilities, music, art, drama, sports, or creative writing
- left/right confusion and difficulties with concepts related to time and space or very strong visual spatial abilities
- difficulties with learning foreign languages or English as a second language
- difficulties with mathematics, particularly in memorizing math facts and completing word problems or strengths in math discrepant with reading problems
- difficulties with handwriting
- difficulties making and keeping friends or strong social skills
Reprinted with permission from The Dyslexia Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together, by Lorna N. Kaufman, Ph.D. and Pamela Hook, Ph.D. A publication of the New England Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. For more information or to join, call (617) 964-4485.
