29/04/2026
Dyslexia isn’t just a person who has difficulties linking sounds to letters or words. When you dig deeper it’s a lot more. It’s more than the comments written on a child’s school report. It’s more than what is written on an educational psychologist report.
It takes years of observing and learning.
It takes the educator to look at the dyslexic person as a whole. The body and brain work together.
Not one dyslexic person is alike. They are experts at masking.
Observe the reading and writing. Check and observe the posture, pencil grip, balance and movement, eye tracking and check to see if their is auditory confusion.
They may have sensory issues such as a light sensitivity or find it difficult to block out background noises.
They maybe prone to headaches, tummy aches, nausea and feeling dizzy.
Other indicators are a left/right confusion.
Difficulty telling the time off a clock face, difficulty tying shoelaces when younger.
Avoidance of reading and writing. Spelling the word the way their brain perceives them. Losing focus, zoning out-guessing and scanning the pictures for clues.
Are they constantly having to sound out words to say them? Is the reading effortless-rather than effortful?
Do they understand punctuation marks? Are they mixing up capital letters with lower case?
Is there a history of ear/throat or nose problems? Did they have delayed speech or mispronounce certain sounds?
Do they get muddled with the small sight words such as the/a?