0. great difficulty in spelling eg. spelling words with no vowels
1. inability to tell right from left eg. when giving directions, verbally say left but
points right with hand.
2. inability to tell front from back eg. when told to get in the back of a car, got in front instead
3. inability to tell up from down eg. when told to switch on a lamp, switch off instead
4. A reasonably intelligent child comes to the chapter on prepositions,
has absolutely no idea how it works despite much effort in learning
and attempts to remember.
5. reversing b and d
6. confusing between g and q
7. confusing between m and w
8. having tremendous difficulty in following a list of a few instructions or steps.
9. having difficulty in associating a symbol (letter) with a sound
10. having difficulty of putting the months in order even after months or years of working at
remembering the twelve names of the months
11. having difficulty associating date (day/month/year) with what week day it is, or even
remembering it was last week, this week or next week without looking at a calendar.
12. inability to tell the passage of time eg. to walk from home to school may take 10 minutes
only, the child started an hour earlier, got distracted and side tracked. In the end he may
get punished for reaching school late.
