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Subject: The symptoms of dyslexia

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KC_88

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Date Posted: 21:15:08 08/24/11 Wed

The biggest problem when it comes to diagnosing the disability is that there are no visual clues to give away the patient�s problem. Quite often the patient is bright and is perfectly healthy, therefore making the discovery rather upsetting at certain times.

By simply looking at the school results or the child's immediate attempts at solving problems, most would make the presumption that they are stupid or are simply unwilling to try. Most would jump to the conclusion that was mentined rather than think of dyslexia.

however, upon closer inspection there are signs that make it more obvious the student may not be 'thick' but is indeed suffering from the disabllity. with daily bombardment of letters and numbers, one should find it ovbious which direction a number or letter should be written in only a few attempts. but constantly repeating the same mistake should lead the tutor / parent to suspect that something is wrong.

knowing this can help them make the decision to seek out professional help in order to help the student.

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