Dyslexia Centre: Assessment, Advice, Support

Am I dyslexic?

An Adult Dyslexia Checklist

Complete the Adult Dyslexia Checklist below then score your responses for more information.

Look at the questions in the checklist. The questions are all related to different areas of dyslexia.
Read the questions carefully and be as honest as you can when answering them.
Please answer Yes or No to each question. Do not miss any questions out. If in doubt tick the answer that you feel is true most often.

The Checklist

Question	Yes	No
Do you dislike reading aloud?	Yes	No
Do you find it difficult to remember the sense of what you have read?	Yes	No
Do you dislike reading long books?	Yes	No
Do you find it difficult to do sums in your head without using your fingers or paper?	Yes	No
Is your writing difficult to read?	Yes	No
Do you get confused if you have to speak in public?	Yes	No
Do you find it difficult to say the months of the year backwards?	Yes	No
When you say a long word, do you sometimes find it difficult to get all the sounds in the right order?	Yes	No
Do you have difficulty telling left from right?	Yes	No
Do you take longer than you should to read a page of a book?	Yes	No
Did you find it hard to learn your multiplication tables at school?	Yes	No
Do you find it difficult to say the months of the year forwards in a fluent manner?	Yes	No
Do you mix up bus numbers like 95 and 59?	Yes	No
Do you find it difficult to take messages on the telephone and pass them on correctly?	Yes	No
Do you find forms difficult and confusing?	Yes	No
Do you mix up dates and times and miss appointments?	Yes	No
Is your spelling poor?	Yes	No
When using the telephone, do you tend to get the numbers mixed up when you dial?	Yes	No
When writing cheques do you frequently find yourself making mistakes?	Yes	No

A number of the questions are taken and adapted from a checklist devised by Michael Vinegrad: A revised Dyslexia Checklist. Educare, No 48 March 1994.