There are also more age - specific signs.Pre - school children may show: Persistent
difficulty in learning nursery rhymes or the
name for things, like «table» or «chair»;
difficulty with clapping a simple rhythm; enjoyment of being read to but no interest in words or letters; delayed speech development; primary school children may show a poor sense of direction and confusion between left and right;
pronounced reading
difficulties, specifically hesitant or laboured reading, omitted lines or repetition of the same line or loss of place in the text and
difficulties in saying multi-syllabic words.