Dyslexia (Reading Disability)

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Dyslexia is not the inability to read. Children with dyslexia can read; they just have trouble with reading, often read slowly and have difficulty retaining what they read. There can be many reasons why a child may have trouble reading which is why a good diagnostic assessment is so important (click on Evaluation). However, here are some common signs to look for:

• Mixing up of the mirror letters "b" and "d"
• Writing letters like "s" and "p" backwards
• The substitution of letters like the "I" for the "e" in "big" and "beg"
• The reversal of letters, like seeing the word "was" but reading "saw"
• Skips over words when reading out loud
• Makes up words reading out loud
• Reads slowly
• Doesn't like to read