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Directional confusion may take a number of forms, from being uncertain of which is left and right to being unable to read a map accurately, says Dr. Beve Hornsby in her book Overcoming Dyslexia. ‘A child should know his left and right by the age of five, and be able to distinguish someone else’s by the age of seven. Directional confusion affects other concepts such as up and down, top and bottom, compass directions, keeping one’s place when playing games, being able to copy the gym teacher’s movements when he is facing you, and so on. As many as eight out of ten severely dyslexic children have directional confusion. The percentage is lower for those with a mild condition,’ she says.
Directional confusion is the reason for reversing of letters, whole words or numbers, or for so-called mirror writing. The following symptoms indicate directional confusion:
The dyslexic may reverse letters like b and d, or p and q, either when reading or writing.
He may invert letters, reading or writing n as u, m as w, d as q, p as b, f as t.
He may mirror write letters and perhaps numbers, ‘’ for ‘y’, ‘ε’ for ‘3’.
He may read or write words like no for on, rat for tar, won for now, saw for was.
He may read or write 17 for 71.
He may mirror write words, like ‘’ for Susan.
Directional confusion also explains a lot of the difficulties some dyslexics have in learning to tie their shoe-laces. Most children can tie their shoe-laces at the age of five. Over 90 percent of dyslexics are later than average in acquiring this skill, and without intervention around half do not pick this up until the age of ten or later, and even then are not 100 percent successful.
- Mimio0
I heard the same thing Dopepope, but instead of midget blood it involved masturbating to yourself in front of a mirror.
- dopepope0
Thats interesting. I should have the strength of 77 billion lockjawed midgets by now if that were true, however.
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RUN! RUN LIKE HELL!
- MLVR0
rand there's no trees here
- ********0
in the frozen expanses of stockholm?
- taragee0
im a midgee
- taragee0
insta i need that hat! whered u get it!?