And I think part of the problem is that problems with writing can occur with and as a result of ADHD, of course, and autism. And problems with writing can be due or have its root in a different disorder such as dyspraxia, dysgraphia, etc. It is hard to tease out what to the true cause. I find (and this is my personal experience) is that people/educators in my area are really quick to grab onto ADHD or even autism because they feel like they understand that. No one really knows much about dyspraxia and how that manifests and how it can look like ADHD and/or autism, etc. No one knows about dysgraphia, either. When we were on our traumatic journey of trying to figure out what was "wrong," I more than once had an educator and even a psych say - "well, we don't really know but he needs help so we just need to label him xyz" (actually specifically one wanted him labeled PDD-NOS and the other wanted ADHD). None of them even considered dysgraphia even though I kept saying "I think he either has dysgraphia or dyslexia and the anxiety is stemming from that." In my sons case, I really felt it important to get to the true root issue. Not sure if that was the right way to go or what but I thought it could be very harmful to him if he were to be treated as autistic, for example, when his struggle was due to something quite different. It's just really hard to figure this stuff out
