Self Test Adult

 

Reading

• Do you unintentionally skip lines, repeat lines or lose your place?

• Do you have to re-read in order to understand?

• Are you easily distracted?

• Do you avoid reading whenever possible?

• Do you experience headaches or fatigue?

 

Eyestrain

• Do your eyes hurt, burn, itch, water, become tired, ache?

• Does it take energy and effort to see the words clearly?

• Do your eyes become strained after a short time of computer use?

• Does reading appear harder, the longer you read.

 

Distortions

• Does print ever blur or seem fuzzy?

• Move or merge?

• Double, distort or fade?

• Get darker in colour?

• Have bright halos or shadows?

 

Light Sensitivity

• Sunlight too bright and/or sunglasses a necessity?

• It uncomfortable to read or work under bright or fluorescent light?

• White pages, computer screens / white boards seem too white/bright?

• Headlights or streetlights bother you or have halos?

 

Fatigue

• Experience “unexplained” headaches or migraines?

• Overtired at the end of the work day?

• Need breaks often during work

 

Depth Perception

• Hold onto the railing while walking up or down stairs/escalators?

• Bump into objects, veer into people when walking beside them?

• Have trouble catching, hitting or following a ball while watching sport on TV?

• Have difficulty judging traffic, distance between cars, lane changing, overtaking, parking? .