Writing Disability Simulation: Dysgraphia

Writing Disability Simulation Simulating to suffer Dysgraphia was actually harder than expected. Not only did I learn that Dysgraphia is a condition that causes trouble with written expressions, but also I got to understand how hard and frustrating it is to deal with this problem for children who suffer this disorder. Moreover, when a child has to deal with the same problem day after day, he or she may be called lazy, or dumb; as a result, he or she gets frustrated. However, if a child has not been evaluated and diagnosed with this specific learning disability; it may be even harder for them to cope with any comments that teachers or classmates make about their writing problems. First off, when I was given the three rules I had to apply to my writing; I thought, it should not be hard at all. Nonetheless, my surprise was when I was …show more content…
These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence. Trying to read when words do not make sense, can also be complicated for children who suffer this disability. On the other hand, when I was doing the simulation, I felt confused because the words I am used to see were nowhere in the text. Rather, letters were sometimes upside down, bigger, or in the incorrect order. For me, decoding most of the words was difficult, because in some cases, none of the letters were in the order they should have been. In other cases, one letter was right and I thought it was a words, but then, when I saw the directions and what each letter meant, I realized I was mistaken. Normally, I do not have any problem when reading unknown or complicated words; however, this simulation made me understand that even my reading pace decreases when words do not make sense, or when all letters have been moved. I was able to see from a different perspective what Dyslexia is and how hard it would be to cope with a disability like this