Writing

[Walltowall]

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[Liz944]

My handwritting has always been bad very untidy, illegible and the longer I write the smaler it tends to get - so you don't want to be the last person on my xmas card list...

I tend to use a computer where I can - its not givng in but more a case of what is expected ie from uni and from work... not much is handwritten these days...

[Greg]

I thought the writing getting smaller the more you wrote was just me!
I guess not :)

[nick]

My writing is terrible and i type everything now; not giving up, just being sensible.

[SomeT]

I hate taking notes on things because I can not read them later so I just end up sitting there and do not do anything then I loose concentration, its so frustrating.

[arthmelow]

I tend to use diagrams, but they tend to come out like this:



I've spent years getting my handwriting readable, but it never has a consistant style.

[Daniel]

Interesting to see the scan. It's certainly tidier and rounder than my handwriting, although my handwriting seems to vary a good deal depending on the pen and surface used. There are certainly some similarities I see in your scan though, such as the formation of letters. I have issues such as 'is' often looking like '13'. I'll have to post a scan myself when I get back to Blighty. Interestingly my Mum finds my handwriting looks just like one of her work colleagues who is also dyspraxic.

[eoakley]

I also have dreadful handwriting I was very slow at learning how to write
I could just about write when i started secondary school but this was increadably slow. i still write very slow at 9 words a minute and end up with writers cramp after about 5 minutes. I struggle to read my own writing so do my friends and lecturers. I used a computer for my exams to make sure my writing is readable. people often tell me I write like a little kid as i write small and put all the letters really close together and put the tails of letters in the wrong places and make letters the wrong sizes.

emma

[gamerunknown]

Ever have any difficult with form? (Not sure if this is associated with dyspraxia)

I often look back on my work, and notice that I've made an imaginary margin. Once an entire page of writing formed a pyramid, with many words at top, fewer in the middle, and one at the bottom.

I also sometimes know exactly what word I want to write, for example: "that", but I will write tht, and know immediately what I have done.. and try either to turn the final "t" into an "a", or fit an "a" in.

I have had constant insults about my handwriting too, needless to say.

Cosine: I remember once, a PE teacher wanted me to kick a ball to him.I attempted to, and it went over a fence. I was really not sure what to do, once I had retrieved it, as there were fences on either side, so I just walked very close to him, and chucked it in his direction. Somehow, it managed to veer off and go over one of the fences yet again.

Also: Where did you hear about dyspraxia? It was the Times for me.

[Daniel]

Missing a letter out of words or writing a couple of letters in the wrong order is something I experience quite a lot. Also writing a word that sounds like the word I'm wanting to write is something I do a fair bit too. Even when I'm filling in an important form my mind nearly always wanders at some point and I end up making a daft mistake.

[Rosel]

aw, i can't see the picture.
It would be very interesting to see handwriting samples from people.
I have problems holding a pen and hold it practically in a fist to control it.
My friend pointed out to me recenlty that i hold my pen much better in my left hand.
i occasionally write in calligraphy which slows me down so i concetrate on forming the letters.