VISITOR: I am writing to ask your assistance in locating some help for my 19 year old son who has ADHD and great difficulty with handwriting. He is now ready to consider getting some additional assistance with this issue as it is impacting his college work.
If you could please share with me any programs, therapists or tutors that are in the Brighton or Ann Arbor area, we would greatly appreciate it.
DYSCALCULIA.ORG:
The Michigan Dyslexia Institute in Howell offers Orton-GIllingham therapy that also remediates handwriting difficulties. The University of Michigan also offers these services. (Laws concerning dysgraphia.)
Look for an Orton-Gillingham practitioner in your area. If your insurance covers Occupational Therapy, an OT can diagnose and treat / remediate handwriting disability. He will need a dysgraphia diagnosis (AKA specific learning disability in writing) to get a scribe or computer for written/essay exams and lecture notes, and written assignments.
He may never be able to take notes efficiently, so he should be using ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY to replace handwriting. He should learn to type accurately and quickly (if possible). He can have a digital pen that records the audio & video of lectures/events. The professors should also provide him copies of their lectures (transcripts) in digital form. He can use voice to speech conversion software. He will need special tools to do math. (A list of AT tools & tutorials about them.)
Check out these helpful tools:(most are free or very inexpensive):Free AT Tools for dysgraphia: http://wac.osu.edu/conferences/emrc08/free_at.htmlFree AT Tools you already have on your computer! http://speaking.stanford.edu/Back_Issues/SOC68/highlights/Free_Assistive_Technology.htmlDysgraphia & AT Tools: Great Descriptions: http://www.homeschooldiner.com/specials/special_needs/dysgraphia.html
Any $350. new laptop will contain all of the power he needs for college and the AT programs he needs to use. (I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite C655 at Staples for $350 with 4 GB RAM & 300 GB hard drive, +dual processors, Windows7, DVD burner, 16" monitor, full-size keyboard with numeric pad, etc. I love it and I am a professional/power user.)
Do keep in touch. If you'd like an LD evaluation through dyscalculia.org and would like an assistive tech evaluation, the two would be $650. If you need case management or advocacy services, fees are $60/hr.
Here are links to dysgraphia information on the dyscalculia.org website:
Dysgraphia Dec 4, 2010 12:31 PM by Renee Hamilton-Newman
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