writing

Article: Visual Crowding and Visual Overload

"If there were only 10 problems on a page, I could do them all. But when there are 40 on a page, I can't do any of them." - 10 year old student Visual overload and visual crowding are common problems in every school classroom or company...

Also labeled: twice-exceptional, sensory processing, dyslexia, accommodations, autism spectrum, underachievement, reading, visual processing

Article: Sensory Motor Dysgraphia Misdiagnosed as Underachievement

In our practice, unrecognized dysgraphia is a common cause of 'underachievement' and 'oppositionally-defiant disorder' in school age children, particularly boys. For some reason, dysgraphia has not garnered the attention of 'attention deficit...

Also labeled: twice-exceptional, sensory processing, autism spectrum, ADD/ADHD, dysgraphia, emotions, underachievement, fine motor

Article: Writing for Visual Thinkers

Visual thinking is particularly strong in children, but conventional classrooms are strangely oblivious to consequences of visual thinking to the writing process. If you haven't seen it...

Also labeled: gifted, visual, dyslexia