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A fellow dysgraphic named Hannah recently commented on my post about dysgraphia and X-Acto knives. She’s a costume designer who struggles with drawing, but manages hand-stitching and cutting without too much difficulty. It got me thinking about how important it is to have the right tools when you’re trying to work around something like dysgraphia. For [...] So I’m working on this art project, right, and I’m going to be applying these 1.5 inch decorative leaves to a certain space that’s 7 inches wide. I’m trying to figure out how many leaves I’ll need to cover the space. And I was sitting there, trying to figure out how to solve this problem. Multiplication? [...] A few months ago I wrote about how hard it often is for me to use an X-acto knife. Motor dysgraphia apparently involves poor muscle tone in the fingers, making small precision work very difficult. What’s worse than the clumsiness is the shooting, cramping pain that comes with it. Turns out I just didn’t have [...] I did more drawing yesterday with my watercolor pastels. Every so often, I stopped with the pastel on the paper and checked to see if my hand and wrist were relaxed. I made sure I wasn’t pressing too hard (which is a problem, since you have to press hard with watercolor crayons if you want [...] |
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