When my son was tested at age seven he had low tone, lack of core strength, funny arm positioning, and weak fine motor skills. He did not have the endurance that other kids had and his visual motor integration was low. After years of video games and brain games I think his visual motor integration is fine now, but he never got to a point where handwriting was comfortable for him. One of the games he has been playing lately tests his spatial memory. He is good at this. I tried it but wasn't nearly as good but I am working on it and I am improving. He likes to compete with me, especially since he usually wins. At 13, my son who was diagnosed with a "disorder of written expression" writes so much better than I do when he types. He is very articulate and expresses himself well in writing like an adult. When we had a billing problem with one of his online sites I had him take care of it. He wrote the email and followed up on it a few days later without me asking him to do this. I keep thinking that he would do well in a job as an office manager. Oh and when he was tested they also said he had some executive function issues at the time. I just can't see it at all except that his desk is kind of messy but then so is mine. I can still find everything I need, and do what I need to do.
We homeschool for many reasons but one of them was that I worried about his self esteem. We live in an area where bullying is a problem but teachers are blind to it and I can't imagine what it would have been like for him to have his handwritten work displayed on the wall for everyone to see as they often do in elementary school here. He wanted to do a good job but his mild disability made it harder for him and then he couldn't qualify for OT because he wasn't failing.
