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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18:28 I am going to explain this all wrong I am sure but the way I understand written expression disorder is that DS has an issue encoding his thoughts (he is an excellent reader which is a decoding activity). The short term solution is dictating his essays into dragon software which captures some creative thinking and good vocab, even a literary device or two in a good day, but he cannot sit down a write a well-organized essay. Generally he does his thinking, writing or math, in his head rather than on paper.[/quote]

Just to add on - my DS has dsygraphia, executive functioning disorder, and written expression disorder (and a couple of other issues).  The written expression disorder makes it very difficult for my DS to organize his thoughts and ideas and write a well-organized essay that is factually accurate.  When left to his own devices he writes brilliant satire and fiction, complete with wonderful vocab, descriptions, characters, and plot.  But it is all improvised.  He is also a gifted artist, and can express himself and his ideas through drawing.  To help with the written expression disorder, he uses software to capture his thoughts, a livescribe pen to help with note-taking, and graphic organizers to help organize his ideas -- all of which help him transform his research and ideas into a coherent paper or essay.  It is not easy, but the supports are critical in order for him to stay on topic rather than veering left into some kind of wacky fantasy story.  It's an interesting disorder to me - because he is so highly verbal and creative, yet has tremendous difficulty with writing a non-fiction essay or research paper.  So yes, encoding is difficult, making it tough to write an essay, but impulsively churning out hilarious fiction from his imagination is easy.  [/quote]

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