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help for dysgraphia

Submitted: 260 days and 4 hours ago.
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Age: 13; Male, Florida

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grand son has been diagnosed with dysgraphia. what help is available?

Posted by Dr. Mark 260 days and 3 hours ago.

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Edited: OK, I see the additional info...

Has he seen a neurologist?

Edited by Dr. Mark on 3/6/2009 at 12:45 AM

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Probably has had it all his life but has just now been diagnosed. He is 13. He has been told by teachers and nurses that he is ADD. But now a doctor has told his parents that he has Dysgraphia.

 

No stroke.

 

This is my grandson and we are trying to find out if there is something that can be done to help him. Where can he get help? He is in Tampa Florida...is there someone there that can help him? Or here in San Antonio?

Posted by Dr. Mark 260 days and 3 hours ago.

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Has he seen a pediatric neurologist?

260 days and 3 hours ago.

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I don't know

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Well, the first step he needs is a complete evaluation by a pediatric neurologist.

The neurologist will evaluate to ensure that there isn't a structural reason for his difficulties with writing, nor something that could be mimicking a problem with writing (like incoordination of the hand).

However, dysgraphia is still a poorly understood disorder, and many cases have to be attributed to a part of the brain's "wiring" not being quite correct -- and for some reason there is an inability to transform words into written language:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dysgraphia/dysgraphia.htm

Regardless, a thorough evaluation by a neurologist is needed to ensure there aren't other potentially correctible causes for the trouble with writing.

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