Originally Posted by DeeDee
I will add that if you're thinking dysgraphia, that word can also be too narrow. We have one who is not technically dysgraphic, but sure looks like it-- it's actually Developmental Coordination Disorder and ADHD that cause most of his issues.

I also wanted to come back to this (again!) to mention something I didn't think to mention previously - it's really helpful to have the neuropsych eval and be able to know - is it dysgraphia, is it DCD, is it something else... For instance, most students with dysgraphia are able to use typing as an accommodation and they take off and fly with typing. For my ds with DCD, the DCD impacts his typing ability as well as his handwriting ability - so typing *is* faster than handwriting and it is an accommodation he uses and needs, but it doesn't give him speed, and we've been told he'll need to move to voice-to-text eventually.

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