DYSLEXIA 

Reading and related language-based learning disabilities 

Signs and Symptoms
• Reads slowly and painfully 
• Experiences decoding errors, especially with the order of letters 
• Shows wide disparity between listening comprehension and reading comprehension of some text 
• Has trouble with spelling 
• May have difficulty with handwriting 
• Exhibits difficulty recalling known words 
• Has difficulty with written language 
• May experience difficulty with math computations 
• Decoding real words is better than nonsense words 
• Substitutes one small sight word for another: a, I, he, the, there, was 

Strategies
• Provide a quiet area for activities like reading, answering comprehension questions 
• Use books on tape 
• Use books with large print and big spaces between lines 
• Provide a copy of lecture notes 
• Don’t count spelling on history, science or other similar tests 
• Allow alternative forms for book reports 
• Allow the use of a laptop or other computer for in-class essays 
• Use multi-sensory teaching methods 
• Teach students to use logic rather than rote memory 
• Present material in small units 

Excerpted from the LDA of California and UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute "Q.U.I.L.T.S." Calendar 2001-2002 

SUPPORT LIST IN MALAYSIA

Dyslexia Association of Federal Territory
No 6 Persiaran Kuantan
Setapak
53200 Kuala Lumpur 

Tel/fax: 03-40255109
Email: dyslexiaft@time.net.my