“My child’s handwriting is horrible, could he have a disability?”
“My child cannot spell anything correctly and holds his pencil very oddly, could this be a disability?”
“When my child tries to write, he gets very frustrated and we end up fighting, is there anything I can do?”
Each of these parents is describing signs of a possible disability. That said, these parents need to not jump to conclusions, and instead should schedule a conference with their child’s teacher to discuss their concerns. While these are symptoms of a writing disability, they cannot be used to diagnose a disability and testing needs to be done if the teacher agrees that the child’s writing abilities are not typical for the average child at that particular grade level.
Some typical symptoms to watch for include:
- poor handwriting
- poor spelling
- confusing letters when writing
- frustration or pain when writing
- mixed use of upper and lowercase letters
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