Handwriting and the Autism Spectrum

• By: Kate Gladstone, MLS Handwriting Repair / Handwriting That Works
• April 1st, 2022
• actually autistic, calligraphy, cursive, educators, handwriting, manuscript, patterns, reading, Spring 2022 Issue, writing
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Handwriting matters. Even those who never write must decipher others’ handwriting (many of us autistics never managed to read cursive: even if drilled intensively in copying it). Although handwriting intervention efforts and studies typically focus on output, a larger problem (especially with...