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Dysgraphia, drawing, and writing: the right tools

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.

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Grammargirl to the Rescue!

When I was writing my squidoo lens on the long-term psychological effects of learning disabilities, I kept running into the words affect and effect.  “Affect” is usually a verb, and “effect” is usually a noun, but this is English we’re talking about, which means there are exceptions.  I think I used to have a handle [...]

The joys of motor dysgraphia

Of my various learning disabilities, dysgraphia probably messes me up the least.  Sure, I can’t write reminders for myself, or write grocery lists, or any of that good stuff, but I have computers and SMS for that sort of thing.  Technology is my friend.  It keeps my hands from falling off when I need to [...]