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. 2020 Feb;9(Suppl 1):S46–S54. doi: 10.21037/tp.2019.11.01

Table 2. Signs of dysgraphia: United States National Center for Learning Disabilities.

Age group Signs or symptoms
Pre-school children An awkward grip or body position when writing
Tire easily with writing
Avoidance of writing and drawing tasks
Written letters are poorly formed, inversed, reversed, or inconsistently spaced
Difficulty staying within margins
The school-aged child Illegible handwriting
Switching between cursive and print
Difficulty with word-finding, sentence completion, and written comprehension
The teenager and young adult Difficulty with written organization of thought
Difficulty with written syntax and written grammar that is not duplicated with oral tasks