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I'm also left-handed and dyspraxic. At school they gave me a triangular rubber grip [0] to put on my pen to help me hold it properly. Though I didn't get much b

I'm also left-handed and dyspraxic. At school they gave me a triangular rubber grip [0] to put on my pen to help me hold it properly. Though I didn't get much better despite spending hours doing handwriting practice. At high school after I finally got diagnosed they lent me a little Amstrad laptop to do my work on [1] I can write neatly if I "draw" the words, but it takes ages. My handwriting hasn't been an issue since I left school, so I don't worry about it too much. [0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triangular-Pencil-Grip-5-Pack/dp/B004O7F1GI https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triangular-Pencil-Grip-5-Pack/dp/B0... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_NC100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_NC100

anonsivalley652 7y ago
I was left-handed until about 4, but I don't remember it. The right-ies forced me into their cult. It's kind of moot because my handwriting looks like I'm having a seizure writing on a washer on spin-cycle in an earthquake. It also crawls up or down vertically over time, and looks just awful. Base lines are of no help to me at all. And then there's this Turkish artist friend of mine who can write at exactly an 60° angle freehand on a rough wall, backwards and in a mirror-image, perfectly beautifully (he does interior commercial work to pay the bills). :sigh:
Jaruzel 7y ago
> I can write neatly if I "draw" the words, but it takes ages. This is exactly me. If I treat words as little pictures I can draw each one neatly. It takes about 30 seconds for an average word though. I wasn't lucky enough to be allowed to submit my written work typed out at school, but I was given a concession to write 100% in capital letters, which at least meant my handwriting was legible (somewhat).