Dysgraphia: A Quick Look

Dysgraphia: A Quick Look
National Center for Learning Disabilities

What you should know about dysgraphia:

Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects written expression.

It makes the act of writing difficult.

Individuals with dysgraphia can have difficulty organizing letters, numbers and words on a line or page:

  • Visual-spatial difficulties - which result in a person having trouble processing what the eye sees
  • Language processing difficulty - which result in a person having trouble processing and making sense of what the ear hears.

Like all learning disabilities, dysgraphia is a life-long challenge.

Using alternate learning methods, people with dysgraphia can learn how to achieve success.

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