Writing DisabilitiesWriting disability can be a visual-motor, or non-verbal learning disability that may occur with or without a reading disability, and is commonly accompanied by an arithmetic disability (see non-verbal LD).
Hand-eye coordination and memory for the visual shapes and strokes of letters are factors affecting the development of handwriting skills. Writers with hand movement problems will often produce poorly spaced letters of varying size. They often write slowly and have an awkward pencil grip. Copying from a blackboard may be difficult for a learner with a writing disability.
Writing is a complex process that involves much more than just visual motor coordination. It requires a vocabulary, skill with spelling, grammar, and syntax, as well as memory. Writing disorders can stem from problems arising in any one of these areas.
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