LD Blog

Handwriting is a neglected skill, but it is making a comeback, according to a story in the National Post (Ontario, Canada) by Allison Hanes. I agree. However, I have to wonder about something attibuted to Jeanette Farmer, a “certified handwriting remediation specialist in Denver, Colo.”

“The handwriting process creates a state of developmental readiness for the child,” she said. “When that state of developmental readiness is not in play, the child cannot do what is being asked…. Pretty soon the child is saying, ‘I’m dumb, I’m stupid.’ And you’ve just greased the skids of the learning disability pit.”

Perhaps I don’t understand what Ms. Farmer means when she says “the learning disability pit.” Why “Pit?” And, should I understand that Learning Disabilities are a consequence of poor self-concept, of children thinking “I’m dumb, I’m stupid?”

Link to the Ms. Hanes’ story.