I know this is an old thread, but I just Googled 'ability to write backwards gifted', and I found this thread and had to share. I also used to write backwards for fun all the time when I was in school. I remember in one of my high school classes we had homework that we would self check the next day. One day the teacher said to get out our work and pass it to the person behind us to check. Well, he couldn't read it and told the teacher who told me to please write normally from now on. smile