Visual-Perceptual Weaknesses
- Slow to discriminate shapes, as in trying to put a circle into a square hole (visual discrimination problem)
- Confuses left and right
- Poor spatial judgment, as in discriminating bigger from smaller objects or the right screw to fit into a hole
- Difficulty estimating time, being on time
- Poor sense of direction (takes forever to learn one's way around a new place; gets lost in a new house)
- Difficulty judging speed and distance (as in athletic activities, driving a car)
- Poor visual imagery; can't perceive the end product in puzzles and mazes, or becomes confused with computer game graphics
- Difficulty conceptualizing higher-level math concepts
- Trouble interpreting maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams
- Trouble perceiving the body language and subtleties in social communication; doesn't pick up on others' moods and feelings
- Trouble getting the main idea or focusing on the whole; focuses on details instead
- A busy background interferes with focusing on the most important stimulus, as in busy worksheets or spotting one's friend in a crowd (figure-ground problem)
- Trouble finding embedded figures, as in a word search or spotting a keyword in a paragraph
- Poor visual memory for shapes and sequences of objects, letters, and numbers
- Trouble choosing a missing piece to complete a figure or design (as in a puzzle) or spotting a critical element in a story
- Trouble perceiving which pieces fit together to make a whole, as in a model or developing a story line
- Often loses things, cannot spot objects "in plain sight"
- Difficulty spotting errors in one's own work
- Difficulty planning and organizing one's day or work
- Difficulty perceiving strategies for success in games
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Excerpt from Learning Disabilities: The Interaction of Students and their Environments, by C.R. Smith, 2004 edition, p. 130-131.
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