Resources for Dysgraphia

According to Understood:

“Dysgraphia refers to a challenge with writing.

  • It impacts skills like handwriting, typing, and spelling.

  • There are many ways people with dysgraphia can improve their writing skills.”

“Between 10% and 30% of children experience difficulty in writing, although the exact prevalence depends on the definition of dysgraphia”
— Chung et al. 2020

From Reading Rockets

“What is Dysgraphia?”

What are the warning signs of dysgraphia?

Just having bad handwriting doesn’t mean a person has dysgraphia. Since dysgraphia is a processing disorder, difficulties can change throughout a lifetime. However since writing is a developmental process -children learn the motor skills needed to write, while learning the thinking skills needed to communicate on paper - difficulties can also overlap.

If a person has trouble in any of the areas below, additional help may be beneficial.

  • Tight, awkward pencil grip and body position

  • Illegible handwriting

  • Avoiding writing or drawing tasks

  • Tiring quickly while writing

  • Saying words out loud while writing

  • Unfinished or omitted words in sentences

  • Difficulty organizing thoughts on paper

  • Difficulty with syntax structure and grammar

  • Large gap between written ideas and understanding demonstrated through speech.

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