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Dysgraphia is -

• the inability to type, as a symptom of brain disease or damage.

• the inability to write coherently, as a symptom of brain disease or damage

• the inability to speak coherently, as a symptom of brain disease or damage

• the inability to spell, as a symptom of brain disease or damage

Characteristics of dyslexia include...

• Slow, inaccurate or labored reading

• difficulty reading real words in isolation

• difficulty learning to spell

• All of the above

The term Learning Disability is a 150 year old term.

• True

• False

Dysgraphia is categorized as a...

• specific learning disability

• cognitive disability

• physical disability

• intellectual disability

Dyslexia never goes away.

• False

• True

Children with a learning Disabilities have average to above average IQ.

• True

• False

Spatial Dysgraphia means that a person has difficulty with space when writing.

• True

• False

What is an instructional strategy that could be used for students with dysgraphia?

• Give them timed tests

• Text-to-Speech functions

• Avoid using ball-point pens

• Make them write answers multiple times

Learning Disabilities can be heredity.

• True

• False

A person can have more than one type of Learning Disability

• Yes

• No