Dysgraphia can be identified by the following symptoms: generally illegible writing, letter inconsistencies, mixture of upper/lower case letters or print/cursive letters, irregular letter sizes and shapes, unfinished letters, and struggle to use writing as a communication tool. I have Irlen Syndrome, not dyslexia. But in the seventh grade my handwriting became much worse. As a business person I would only communicate via the phone or, when it became available for me, Microsoft Word. I have since always avoided handwritten communication. For my part I mix block and cursive letters, even within a word, and when I use block print it is always in capitals. It is not by choice. I cannot avoid it. It just happens. If I am writing much it becomes painful; I experienced much pain writing notes in high school and college. I was told that I held my pen incorrectly. The most difficult part is that I have almost no visual memory. If I close my eyes I cannot picture anything at all. That is odd because I do dream experiencing visual images. So I wonder if I could have a touch of dysgraphia just as many people have some of the autism spectrum. Do you or does someone in your family experience this? I would really like to know how common it is. I have brought up mixing of cursive and block printing to several people and they said they do that as well. Please leave a comment.

Read about dysgraphia in WIKIPEDIA

Read about his experience through the words of his sister at THIS LINK. Does your child experience this frustrating challenge? If so please leave a comment.