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If you think you may be dyslexic, complete the adult dyslexia checklist below.

Please ensure you answer 'Yes' or 'No' to each question. If undecided, please complete the answer that you feel most often applies.

adult dyslexia checklist

Question Yes/No
Do you find difficulty telling left from right? Yes:   No:
Do you take a long time to read a page in a book? Yes:   No:
Do you find it difficult to remember the sense in what you have read? Yes:   No:
Is your spelling poor? Yes:   No:
Is your writing difficult to read? Yes:   No:
Do you find it difficult to take messages on the telephone and pass them on? Yes:   No:
When you have to say a long word do you find it difficult to get the sounds in the right order? Yes:   No:
Do you find it difficult to do sums in your head without using your fingers or paper? Yes:   No:
When using a telephone do you sometimes get the numbers mixed up when you dial? Yes:   No:
Do you find it difficult to say the months of the year in a fluent manner? Yes:   No:
Do you mix up dates and times and miss appointments? Yes:   No:
When writing cheques do you find yourself making mistakes? Yes:   No:
Do you find forms difficult and confusing? Yes:   No:
Do you mix up numbers like 95 and 59? Yes:   No:
Did you find it hard to learn your multiplication tables at school? Yes:   No:

A number of questions are taken from: Michael Vinegrad: A revised Dyslexia Checklist. Educare, No 48 March 1994.

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