Checklist: reading and writing difficulties
Do you think you might have reading and writing difficulties?
- Do you sometimes get left and right muddled up?
- Do you find it hard to read a map, or is it difficult to find your way in a new place?
- Has reading out loud been a problem for you?
- Do you read slower than other people?
- Do you find it difficult to remember what you’ve read?
- Do you find it difficult to keep track when you have many books to read?
- Is it difficult to spell things correctly?
- Is your handwriting difficult to read?
- Do you find it difficult to remember information?
- Is it difficult to spell long words correctly?
- Do you find it difficult to do sums in your head, without using your fingers or paper?
- When using the phone, do you ever mix the numbers up as you dial?
- Is it difficult for you to say the names of the months in the right order and in a fluent way?
- Is it difficult for you to list the months backwards?
- Do you have difficulties remembering dates and times, and do you miss appointment?
- Is it difficult to fill out forms?
- Do you ever mix up similar numbers, for example 95 and 59?
- When you were in primary school, did you find it difficult to learn the multiplication table?
- Does anyone in your family have dyslexia or reading and writing difficulties?
- Have you been tested for dyslexia before?