Language-Learning Disabilities

1. Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, or “not trying hard enough”
2. High in I.Q, yet may not test well academically
3. Has unusual developmental stages (crawling, walking, talking)
4. Thinks with images or feelings, not the sound of words (little internal dialogue)
5. Seems to ‘zone out’, or daydreams a lot
6. Excellent memory for events such as remembering movies, but poor memory for sequences like math facts or phone numbers
7. Bedwetting beyond appropriate age
8. High or low tolerance for pain

When A Person Has Limited Literacy Skills, (See The List On Dyslexia) Other Areas Of Trouble Include:

1. Attendance and follow-through
2. Trouble remembering names and faces
3. Difficulty determining direction and spatial relationships
4. Taking longer to answer questions, giving unclear answers
5. Difficulty putting thoughts into words, stuttering under stress, mispronouncing long words or transposing phrases/ words when speaking“Shutting down” with new instructions
6. Trouble remembering multi-step oral instructions
7. Need questions reworded
8. Difficulty taking telephone messages
9. Difficulty with time management
10. Problems with change
11. ‘Shutting down’ with new instructions
12. ‘Giving up’ too easily

WARNING: The following symptoms are only descriptive of categories of behaviours. They should never be used to self-diagnose but rather to guide you toward the need for a proper professional assessment.