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May 31, 2015

Serving the Verbal Brain: Dealing with Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia, a transcription learning disability, creates a challenging environment for affected individuals. However, with the use of technology and proper mediation, day to day tasks can be managed, if not overcome.

While dysgraphia is most commonly seen in children, if not addressed and corrected early on it can continue onto to the teen and adult years. It can affect some fine motors skills, such as buttoning shirts or cause unusual difficulty with handwriting, grammar and spelling and is sometimes misdiagnosed as dyslexia.

If the individual is experiencing difficulty in the workplace, the use of a tablet or laptop in meetings can replace a pen and notepad. Eliminating pen and paper will reduce the stress on the individual as well as writing fatigue.

For daily activities (shopping lists, cards, etc.), look for technology alternatives. From apps that allow you to record a note or convert speech into a written word, there are alternative options available. Stick with email for correspondence, e-cards, as well as online calendars and planners.

Students face the biggest obstacles between tests, note taking and written assignments. Luckily, most educational institutions offer many resources and most colleges even have a center for students with learning disabilities. Through those resources, adjustments can be made to the curriculum to foster the greatest chance of success.

Examples of strategies that can be employed include allowing for oral exams versus written, recording lectures, designating a paid note taker (also a fellow student in the same class) to take notes and provide a copy to the student, providing alternatives to written assignments (i.e. typed or video-taped reports). If writing is necessary, wide-rule paper and the use of pencil grips and extended time to complete assignments have been shown to benefit the individual.

Additionally, individuals can focus on using cursive writing instead of printing. The advantages to writing in cursive are numerous. For starters, there is no need to pick up the hand when writing and deciding where to pick up the sentence, which also helps get rid figuring out practical word spacing. A common problem that occurs with dysgraphia is reversing letters (particularly p, q, b and d), but if the hand keeps moving while formulating sentences, this reduces the chance of the error occurring as the letter patterns for these have much more differentiation than when printed.

While dysgraphia certainly creates difficulty for people of all ages, relying on the use of modern technology has bridged a gap creating more ease for affected individuals. Regardless of life stage, communicating your needs to teachers or bosses allows for everyone to work together for better results.

May 21, 2015

Addressing Asperger’s: Top Tips for Troubled Parents

Raising a child with a disability is hard. Raising a child with Asperger’s is doubly hard. Asperger’s Children have difficulty with social interactions. This difficulty often leaves them lonely and frustrated. As a parent, you first instinct is to jump in and be a buffer between your child and a world that does not easily accept differences. Yet, being a buffer is not always the answer. The following tips will help you and your child learn to cope with Asperger’s in a positive way.

Tip 1: Celebrate
Children with Asperger’s have an incredible sense of humor, are creative, and possess great passion for their interests. Celebrate these gifts. Keep in mind that your child is unique and what works for you will not always work for them.

Tip 2: Negotiation
Be prepared to model negotiation techniques. Asperger’s children do not deal well with inflexibility. They need to learn how to negotiate in order to not feel out of control.

Tip 3: Plan
When introducing your Asperger’s child to something new, make a plan and discuss it with them. Asperger’s children need to know what to expect. Once you have a plan and your child knows what to expect, do not deviate from it. You will deal with fewer meltdowns if your child knows everything in advance.

Tip 4: Time Frame
Remember when doing anything with your child that Asperger’s children have only one reference for time: Now. These children recognize only now. For them, the future does not exist and the past serves no practical purpose.

Tip 5: Visuals
Asperger’s children respond quite well to visuals. Make your child a chart to show them what to do. As long as deviation is not made from the path, your child will generally follow what you expect.

Tip 6: Fingerprint
Asperger’s children are sometimes runners. When frustration and anxiety build up, their instinct is to get away from the problem. Take your child down to your local police station and introduce your child. Get your child fingerprinted and photographed for those times when extreme meltdowns occur or they run and the police become involved.

Coping with Asperger’s is not impossible. Difficult, yes, but not impossible.There are a good number of resources available to you. With these tips and others that you will develop on your own, you have a good start on keeping a positive outlook.

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