ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on particularly on research and experiences specifically related to dysgraphia across cultures. Some children suffer from dysgraphia for reasons of motor control difficulties, but others might have visual-spatial confusions that lead to writing problems. For other children, there is strong overlap between those with dyslexia and those with dysgraphia. One important point about dysgraphia is that it is only rarely formally diagnosed around the world by itself. Indeed, it is often included under a very general description of dyslexia instead. Memory is an important focus for those with dysgraphia because the cognitive resources required to write with this difficulty are often overwhelmed from the beginning of the process. A hallmark of dysgraphia is very bad penmanship or writing. Many people with dysgraphia are creative and logical and have a lot of information to share. They simply have difficulties doing this in written form.
