7/5/2023 0 Comments Dyslexia accommodations![]() ![]() Extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly.Sticks to what they know – fear of new tasks or any situation where they are out of comfort zone.This may worsen with stress or distraction. May have difficulty getting thoughts out – pause frequently, speak in halting phrases, or leave sentences incomplete. Self-conscious when speaking in a group.Easily stressed and overwhelmed in certain situations.May have a short fuse or is easily frustrated, angered, or annoyed.Finds it difficult to estimate how long a task will take to complete.May lose track of time and is frequently late – or is highly aware of it and is very rarely late.May have anxiety or stress when driving in unfamiliar places.Gets lost easily or never forgets a place they’ve been.Difficulty with left/right and/or North, South, East, West.Relies on calculators or finger counting.May excel at math, or may still rely on tricks for remembering math facts.May understand higher math, but can’t show it on paper.Writes with all capital letters, or mixes capital letters within words.Poor handwriting – masks spelling mistakes.Reliance on spell-check and grammar-check. Uncertainty with words, punctuation, and spelling when writing.Reliance on others (assistants, spouses, significant others) for written correspondence.Fatigues or becomes bored quickly while reading.Frequently has to re-read sentences in order to comprehend.Reading fluency and comprehension fluctuates depending upon subject matter.Has adopted compensatory tricks to remember spelling and homonyms (their, there, they’re), or misuses homonyms and has poor or inconsistent/phonetic spelling.Will commonly perceive that they “read better silently.”.Poor recall of conversations or sequence of events. ![]()
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