01 NRDC Dyslexia 1-88 update - Texthelp

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Research Report
Checklist item
US National Adult
Literacy and Learning
Disabilities Center (2002)
Vinegrad (1994)
Ott (1997)
Direct Learning (2002)
Adult Dyslexia
Organisation (2002)
British Dyslexia Association
Dyslexia Institute (2002)
Everatt & Smyth (2002)
43 Finds it difficult to learn to write a foreign •
language
44 Finds it difficult to recite the alphabet •
45 Finds it difficult to separate the syllables •
of a word
46 Finds it difficult to understand spoonerisms •
47Finds it difficult to understand malapropisms
•
48 Finds it difficult to understand rhyming slang •
49 Loses place or jumps lines when reading •
50 Finds that words jump around on the page •
51 Finds vision blurred when trying to look at •
fine details
52 Confuses morphologically similar words •
when speaking
53 Confuses orthographically similar words •
when reading
54 Confuses semantically similar words •
55 Misplaces personal possessions •
56 Has difficulty with mental arithmetic •
57Thinks laterally or creatively
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