LD in Adults
The following are commonly present in adults with LD:
- Uneven or inconsistent performance
- Slow speed of processing and responding
- Difficulty reading and/or understanding what is read
- Trouble remembering and following oral or written directions
- Difficulty organizing and sequencing thoughts and ideas when speaking and/or writing
- Poor short-term (working) memory and/or retrieval from long-term memory
- Slow, awkward, immature handwriting
- Difficulty with directionality and spatial concepts
- Difficulty organizing belongings, time, tasks, or responsibilities
- Difficulty completing tasks
- Difficulty doing accurate mathematical calculations
- Inappropriate or ineffective social interaction
- Variation in moods or responsiveness
- Difficulty focusing attention and/or initiating tasks and sustaining concentration
- Difficulty transferring skills/knowledge from one setting to another
- Low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence
- Anxious/fearful of new situations/different assignments
