Living With Dysgraphia Disability

Several kinds of disabilities can assail a human being.Dysgraphia are:
One such disability is Dysgraphia, which is a problemThe persons affected with Dysgraphia have illegible
connected with an individual's writing ability. A personhand writing, but their verbal skill is strong. Inconsistency
affected with Dysgraphia possesses incorrect oris visible everywhere in their work, in mixing lower and
distorted writing. Bad handwriting, wrong spellings andupper case, letters with irregular shape, size and slant,
the difficulties they exhibit while trying to put their ideasmixing of cursive and print, the space between words
on paper are some indications of this disability. Suchand letters and also in the positioning of margins and
individuals, in general, possess an above average IQ.lines on the page. Punctuations and syllables are
Dysgraphia is caused by a sort of dysfunction of themissing; wrong spellings and suffixes with disorders in
nervous system, in other words, brain disorder.numbers and syntax also cannot be ruled out.
Dysgraphia may exist in two forms- specific andSuch persons show a tendency to hold the pen very
non-specific. A person might be mentally retarded,close to the paper or use the wrist to write by placing
having less attendance in the school or bethe thumb over two fingers. They possess the habit of
psycho-socially deprived. These may add up tolooking at writing hands or utter something to
non-specific Dysgraphia, whereas specific Dysgraphiathemselves. The paper, wrist and body positions never
results from coordination problems and lack of spellingmatch with a normal writing position. Even if they
and language skills.produce fairly neat work, it is done with low speed and
Dysgraphia consists of three categories:with great effort.
Motor Dysgraphia: An individual with this disability, hasDiagnosis:
weak muscle tone, lacks sharp motor skills andMere handwriting problem is not sufficient to confirm
dexterity and shows motor clumsiness. The spellingsDysgraphia. Several tests have to be conducted to
may not be accurate, but they are able to write aascertain Dysgraphia, like making the person write
small paragraph and their letter formation isself-made paragraphs, giving a particular portion to be
satisfactory. Besides, they need a lot of effort and acopied. A detailed assessment of the position and
long time to complete this work and feelposture of the individual is made, like how the pencil is
uncomfortable doing it continuously. The handwriting isheld, whether any cramps, shivers are found in the
of low quality. The speed of their finger tapping is notwriting hand and many more including finger tapping
normal as well.speed.
Dyslexic Dysgraphia: An individual suffering fromTreatments:
Dyslexic Dysgraphia has abnormal spelling skills andVarious treatments are available for Dysgraphia.
illegible writing, but the copied work is fairly acceptableTreating motor disorders might improve writing
and the finger tapping speed is passable. Themovements. A neurosurgeon can cure neurological
symptoms of Dyslexic Dysgraphia differ considerablyproblems and elevate memory power. Occupational
from those of Dyslexia.therapy helps in strengthening the muscle tone bringing
Spatial Dysgraphia: This kind of Dysgraphia arises fromcoordination between eye and hand, improving
the failure to understand the space properly. Theredexterity and holding the pen in the proper way.
might be difficulty in making out their written and copiedIndeed, it is a disorder but a lot can be done to
works whilst they enjoy normal spelling skills and fingerovercome it. A person suffering from Dysgraphia is
tapping speed.definitely not a hopeless case.
Some Common Signs and Symptoms to identify