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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 465027" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>If you have a motor skills issue - Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), say, or any of a number of other problems including being a quad, technology helps... if the fingers can't do the writing, then technology definitely helps. In this case, they might allow some oral stuff to speed things up so the kid can "keep up" depending on the actual problem, but given enough time, this disability does not interfere with the ability to produce written output in some format.</p><p></p><p>If you have true dysgraphia, then the problem isn't the fingers, its the brain... as in, the brain has trouble putting thoughts into written format, no matter WHAT tool is used. Having said that... sometimes, the computer can be somewhat useful as a tool but not as the complete answer - as a tool, the kid can point-form or whatever, and then go back and edit and re-edit and learn how to produce written output. But they will NEVER be good at written output. Even at the university level, this gets recognized, and they look for ways to actually test what the student knows - rather than testing their writing ability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 465027, member: 11791"] If you have a motor skills issue - Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), say, or any of a number of other problems including being a quad, technology helps... if the fingers can't do the writing, then technology definitely helps. In this case, they might allow some oral stuff to speed things up so the kid can "keep up" depending on the actual problem, but given enough time, this disability does not interfere with the ability to produce written output in some format. If you have true dysgraphia, then the problem isn't the fingers, its the brain... as in, the brain has trouble putting thoughts into written format, no matter WHAT tool is used. Having said that... sometimes, the computer can be somewhat useful as a tool but not as the complete answer - as a tool, the kid can point-form or whatever, and then go back and edit and re-edit and learn how to produce written output. But they will NEVER be good at written output. Even at the university level, this gets recognized, and they look for ways to actually test what the student knows - rather than testing their writing ability. [/QUOTE]
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