Recognize the Symptoms!
Physical Clues:
- Red, sore, or itching eyes
- Jerky eye movements
- One eye turning in or out
- Squinting, eye rubbing or excessive blinking
- Blurred or double vision
- Headaches, dizziness, or nausea after reading
- Head tilting, closing or blocking one eye when reading
- Poor eye contact
Performance Clues:
- Avoidance of near work
- Frequent loss of place
- Omits, inserts, or rereads letters/words
- Failure to recognize the same word in the next sentence
- Poor reading comprehension
- Letter or word reversals
- Difficulty copying from the chalkboard
- Poor handwriting, misaligns number
- Book held too close to the eyes
- Inconsistent or poor sports performance
Secondary Symptoms:
- Smart in everything but school
- Low Self esteem, poor self image
- Temper flare ups, aggressiveness
- Short attention span
- Fatigue, frustration, stress;
- Irritability
- Day dreaming
Labeled:
- Lazy
- Dyslexic
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Autism, PDD NOS, Asperger’s Syndrome
- Slow learner
- Behavioral problem
- Working below potential
