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    * How do you know your child has Specific Language
     Disability (Dyslexia)?

• Can read a word on one page, but won't recognize it on the next page.
• Knows phonics, but can't or won't sound out an unknown word.
• Slow, labored, inaccurate reading of single words in isolation
  (when there is no story line or pictures to provide clues)
• When they misread, they often say a word that has the same first and last letters, and the same shape, such as form-from or trial-trail.
• They may insert or leave out letters, such as could-cold or star-stair.
• They may say a word that has the same letters, but in a different sequence,
• such as who-how, lots-lost, saw-was, or girl-grill.
• Becomes visibly tired after reading for only a short time
• Reading comprehension may be low due to spending so much energy trying to
  figure out the words. Listening comprehension is usually significantly higher
  than reading comprehension.
  
• Directionality confusion shows up when reading and when writing.
  
• b-d confusion is a classic warning sign. One points to the left, the other points to the right, and they are left-right confused.
• b-p, n-u, or m-w confusion. One points up, the other points down.
  That's also directionality confusion.
  
• Substitutes similar-looking words, even if it changes the meaning of the sentence, such as sunrise for surprise, house for horse, while for white, wanting for walking
  
• Misreads, omits, or even adds small function words, such as an, a, from,
  the, to, were, are, of
  
• Omits or changes suffixes, saying need for needed, talks for talking, or
  late for lately.
  
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