Signs in Adulthood

General

• literacy standards fall below expectation.
• poor organisational skills (misses meetings, loses papers).
• left/right confusion.
• poor time management skills (hands in work late on frequent occasions, confuses dates, always late for lectures).
• low self esteem.

Writing

• poor handwriting.
• lack of coherence when presenting ideas in writing.
• poor use of capital letters and punctuation.
• limited vocabulary demonstrated.

Spelling

• tendency to spell phonetically (e.g. fonetikly, necisary).
• mixes phonemes up even in spell checked typed documents (e.g. which/witch, were/where/wear/ware).
• letters and figures often the wrong way round (e.g. raw for war, 48 for 84).

Reading

• words read incorrectly.
• lack of fluency when reading aloud.
• difficulty using referenced texts.