If you’ve ever considered whether you are dyslexic but have been too afraid to seek help, this may be your first step to feeling better about yourself and improving your life.

Dyslexia does not mean you lack intelligence; indeed there are several very prosperous individuals with this particular issue (Winston Churchill, Richard Branson, Kara Tointon etc). However, being an adult, it isn’t something individuals will want to speak about and it can become quite a problem when trying to disguise it, especially from work colleagues or indeed when trying to get a job.

Growing up with dyslexia is often rather traumatic, especially in earlier years when a number of teachers were quick to tag dyslexics as trouble makers. As an adult, you’ll have learned to compensate a great deal for your difficulty, but the trick for boosting your self-esteem is to get diagnosed so you can then find out where to start and go forward with your life.

You might have already considered this but were put off once you discovered that you would have to face a complete stranger, who would ask you questions that could cause you to feel at the very least awkward. During these sessions, which are rarely free and frequently quite expensive, you are required (for example), to read aloud, to count backwards, to remember sequences of numbers and possibly asked to select which words rhyme with another. Sometimes you are asked to pronounce made up words such as ‘mitas’ or ‘dax’ along with other relatively unrelated tasks. Whatever you are asked to do, however strange it might appear relates to dyslexia. The people that will test you are experts who are used to working with this challenging situation and they will think no less of you when you have real problems in completing the tasks.

Now another reason folks have their doubts about taking one of these formal assessments, is really because they are actually afraid they don’t have dyslexia and for whatever reason, just cannot read! A simple answer to this one is to take a web-based adult dyslexia screening test which may answer the question “am I dyslexic” for you. If you find a good test (this won’t be free, but is going to be less expensive than a formal assessment), and complete it honestly, it will at least give you an idea if you are dyslexic or not. Hopefully, this may then provide you with the confidence to apply for a formal assessment.

Please don’t suffer in silence, if you have ever pondered “am I dyslexic”, take action now. There are numerous options available to you that might help and an online dyslexia screening test is among one of them.

Find out about the signs and symptoms of dyslexia, online tests and resources by looking at www.testfordyslexia.org, and get it done today!