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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my son has severe dysgraphia and his handwriting got worse progressively throughout elementary school. This seemed very logical to me: it took all his attention and effort to even get the letters/spacing to look legible... if he dedicates any amount of attention to spelling or the actual idea he is trying to express, there's nothing left for the handwriting.

Your post resonates with me because we, too, have had to work on the signature! My son noticed that his parents's signatures look very little like actually writing, haha, and has settled on his own version.

Like PP, we also practiced cursive for years and my son could do lovely cursive in workbooks but without the model on a page, he would lose the muscle memory altogether. We continued practicing for YEARS after we were told by every expert to forget it. None of this is surprising in the context of a kid with severe dysgraphia but it is still so hard to watch or even understand. Handwriting just is not and will never be a practical option. Period. We have moved on. The last time my son was tested (in tenth grade), he scored at under .5th percentile (yes point five) for fine motor related skills.

In sum, as others improve, my kid got relatively worse. And more relevantly, as the rest of his skills progressed (I mean the REAL writing skills, forming logical arguments, cohesive essays, developing a writing style), his handwriting has literally gotten worse.

For my son, in high school, the only issue is math. He uses a keyboard for absolutely everything but there aren't great programs in  math.

Anyway, just sharing my story to say that I think what you are seeing is predictable in the context of someone with a more severe case.[/quote]

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