Lisa Jo Rudy, who writes about autism for About.com, commented on a recent small study that seemed to indicate that children with autism may have poorer handwriting than their neurotypical peers. The study, done at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, reported that poor handwriting may be tied to communication and self esteem issues for children with autism. They explained that the children with autism often lacked fine motor skills and may benefit from occupational therapy. Rudy added that what seems to happen is that children with poor handwriting are eventually given a keyboard to use. And since anyone rarely writes anymore, perhaps a keyboard is the place to start rather than worrying too much about handwriting issues.
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