The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) has chosen 'Invisible Dyslexia' for the focus of their campaign for 2021. October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and in England, Dyslexia Week will be taking...
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Handwriting Problems
Can Playing Games Improve your Handwriting (Dysgraphia)?
22nd March 2021
Can playing marbles, linking paper clips, ‘Painting by Number’, mazes, nuts & bolts, Lego - help people with their handwriting? I don't think hardly anyone would have thought that playing...
How can Playing Games Improve your Handwriting?
3rd January 2021
How can playing marbles, linking paperclips, ‘painting by number’, mazes, nuts & bolts, Lego – help people with their handwriting?
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What an Advert for Assistive Technology! – Dysgraphia, Dyslexia
3rd September 2019
You couldn't get a better advert than this for Assistive Technology (AT) could you? It is often such a fight to get teachers to allow students to use the Assistive...
I have always believed that children learn better through play. Get out there and let them play!! “Scientists have recently determined that it takes approximately 400 repetitions to create a...
Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’
30th October 2018
Surgery students 'losing dexterity to stitch patients'. This is a very serious state of affairs when surgeons are saying that their students have lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing...
Do you think we need a National Handwriting Scheme?
21st June 2018
[caption id="attachment_3759" align="alignright" width="300"] Young boy in school writing by hand.[/caption]With so many children having problems with handwriting, and with over 20 different styles of handwriting in our schools, do...
Several ways to help young children with Dysgraphia / Handwriting Problems There are several ways to help young children write correctly: One of the main things is to ensure the...