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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach seniors in an AP class that involves a lot of writing, but for which it's not practical to have students type their responses.
I usually have one kid a year out of 100+ whose handwriting is essentially illegible. This year it's an epidemic.
Time to look for another line of work?[/quote]

Why isn't typing practical? My DS has dysgraphia and his handwriting is totally illegible, even to himself. If he concentrates on the handwriting to make it semi-legible, it's much harder to concentrate on the content. He types everything (he has a 504 in case teachers resist, but really there's no reason anyone for whom handwriting is hard can't type).[/quote]

This. People do not understand dysgraphia. For my kid, all the writing practice in the world didn't help. We had to deal with so many ignorant teachers who would openly criticize my for not teaching my kid to write. My kid did more writing practice than any kid in the state and it was a stupid waste of time. Dysgraphia is not simply an issue of hand strength or practice. People will never understand this. [/quote]

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