Adult Characteristics

Work related

• Employed in areas that emphasize use of visual imagery.  (Entrepreneurs, engineers, tradesmen, artists, executives, ITs, salesmen or athletes.)
• Difficulty focussing on the task at hand: may excel at multitasking.
• Has difficulty with or is stressed by organizing meetings or events.
• Inability to follow-through, finish tasks or consistently hold a job.
• Unable to advance in the workplace due to a fear of, or inability to complete written exams.

Vision and reading

• Experiences headaches, stomach aches or stress while reading.

• Confused by letters, numbers, words or sequences.

• Unaware that reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words.

• Proof-reading is ineffective.

• Extremely keen sighted,  observant, or lacks depth perception or peripheral vision. *

• Avoids reading aloud; finds silent reading easier.

• Needs to reread information several times in order to comprehend.

• Gets tired or bored easily from reading.

Writing and spelling

Hearing and speech

• Appears to hear things not said or apparent to others; argues frequently; often accused of "not listening."

• Difficulty putting thoughts into words,  stutters under stress, mispronounces long words, or transposes phrases, words and syllables when speaking.

• Easily distracted or frustrated by sounds when trying to focus.

Math and time management

• Has difficulty managing time: consistently late or too early, difficulty predicting how long a task may take.

• Dependent on finger counting, calculators and other math tricks.

• Difficulty counting objects or dealing with money.

• May show exceptional talent in math.

Memory and cognition

• Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, faces and specialized areas of interest.

• Poor memory for sequences, names, facts and information that has not been experienced.

• Thinks primarily with images and feeling, not sounds or words.

• Skilled at problem-solving - may have an answer well before others.

Directionality

• Difficulty with North, East, South and West; reading a map; confuses left and right.

Social skills

• Withdrawn or fearful of social situations which are out of their "comfort zone."

• May be loud, boisterous, inappropriate or offensive in social situations.

• Unaware of others or very empathetic of others.

Motor skills

• Clumsy (need to hold onto a handrail when descending stairs, difficulty throwing accurately, inability to stand on one foot)

• Prone to motion sickness.

• Above average athletic ability.

Behaviour and personality

• Extremely disorderly (loses keys, glasses, etc.) or compulsively orderly.

• Fussy eaters or sensitive to foods, additives or chemical products.

• Difficulty adjusting to changes in routine; follows a strict set of "rules" for self management.

• May be an extra deep or light sleeper.

• Extremely high or low tolerance for pain.

• Strong sense of justice, emotionally sensitive, strives for perfection; may over-react when making a mistake.

• Enjoys video games.

• Reliance on others in areas of writing, organization, book-keeping (spouse, secretary, etc.)

• Easily frustrated, stressed or overwhelmed - resulting in annoyance, anger or emotional outbursts.

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