Horrible handwriting and signature?

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I was curious as to whether bad handwriting was an aspie trait. I have the worst handwriting I have ever seen compared to everyone else. Sometimes I wonder whether if 6 year old wrote my notes. My notes, signature, etc are all very poorly written, even when I take my time my hand doesn't want to seem to be as fluid as everyone else.

Wikipedia has just added in a section about that. I'm not sure if it's a result of motor disfunction or a something in the 'writing part' of the brain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers# ... uliarities

Nice read. I remember in elementary school I would look at the girls' papers and try to mimic their hand writing.

lol, I used to want to copy the girls papers with the fancy s', the circles over the is, and the loopy letters just like I would unthinkingly act like people I looked up to. Except I knew how that would turn out if my 'peers' saw it. And I knew i could not duplicate it anyway, I think maybe it was the warmth, or the friendliness, of that type of writing that appealed to me. Yes, I think so.

What I remember most from grade school was getting yelled at being constantly degraded about my handwriting, how I would be an abject failure in life becasue no one could read my writing - only being legible when I slowed down to the point where I was at a snails crawl and unable to get any useful work done.

I did exactly that myself, during the sixth grade, and I was successful. Before then, my handwriting was quite sloppy; but thankfully I have good fine-motor skills and was able to teach myself to write legibly. I still prefer to print rather than write, and to type rather than print. My typing speed is 85 wpm.

I am a very lucky Aspie in that my fine-motor skills are good and my gross motor skills are only below average, but not out of the normal range--and, being female, I am not socially required to be good at sports.

I was put in special classes for hand writing and spelling in elementry school they made me wear a leather brace like thing on my hand to keep me from breaking pencils. In sixth grade I moved to Florida no special classes there and if your writing was sloppy and you didn't spell well they considered you stupid My handwriting still sucks so does my spelling.

My writing has always been crap,for the first few words if I go very slow and hold a pen a certain way I can write a few words that are recogniseable but it soon develops into a rough mess,I hate it.
At college,I use a PC or laptop for most written work.

After reading this thread, I looked at some of my Grade 4 work and surprisingly, the writing isn't too different from how I write now (Grade 9). My writing is messier than others, although my alignment on line paper seems to be fine, which is the most important thing.

EDIT: I just read that article and I guess that explains why my writing is messy. Interesting how it points out that the tendency to do assignments is an AS trait.

No, it isn't.


Not everything you have or do is because you're an aspie.

My handwriting is very tight and somewhat childish but not too bad. I have seen worse. But I do have an issue with clumsy spelling mistakes and I have to change and make corrections often. A finished page could look rather messy with all the alterations I had to make.

My hand writing seems to get sloppier each year. Looks like I have some sort of fine motor skill issue. Yet I can draw really well, so thats not the case. WHen it comes to writing, I guess I just go too fast and dont care how it looks.

ahh!! the thing I hate to do, writing. I cannot stand my own more less read my own!! throughout school years teachers made my rewrite my assignments. it was soooo bad in high school that the teachers would write in red, use a word processor! It got so bad that rubber pencil grips weren't helping anymore and was left with the computer or making my own adaptive device. I did just that

after a couple of years being glued to the computer in high school the teacher started going nutts and ripping mouse out of my hand mid sentance. during my last iep in 12th grade, my mom started talking about my writing and I did too say that it looks neater when done with a door closing device. (the kind seen on commercial doors at top) the next day I used it in school and everyone liked it because my writing was legible accept the english teacher. she was thinking it was embarrassing and shouldn't be dependant off of the device. (she was later removed from the school because of the discrimination of disabled)

since I gradauted in 2002 from high school, its rare if I do write anything anymore. the only time i do grab a writing instroment is when im signing for packages. there have been times were even the delivery man even asks "whats that" I just say "sorry handwriting stinks I know"

My writing is terrible. However, if I write a lot, it becomes easier to read the more I write. It's just a matter of practice.
Spelling is one thing that I am ok at, though.

My handwriting is very good if I slow down. I took a technical drawing class in high school, and that really helped me improve my writing. I definitely admire people though that can write quickly and still be ledgible. If I try and write something down quickly, my handwriting is terrible. If I must be both quick, and ledgible, I type it out!



I am like you in that I've been blessed with good fine motor skills, and terrible gross motor skills...one of the reasons why I was always so terrible at sports! I tend to draw with my left hand, and write with my right hand though...sort of odd, but it works for me.

Well, my parents have said more than once that my handwriting isn't good. When I was real young, there were teachers at school that said the same thing. When I entered a private school for special needs, they didn't seem to be worried about my handwriting. I personally don't see a problem, because I can read my own handwriting.

The thing is that I write small. I write very small. Most people have trouble reading it, not because it's sloppy, but because it's small. Some people need to put glasses on to read it, I've been told. I was told that it wasn't good for my eyes, but I try to fit as many words on a line as I could.

I'm talking about print, though. I generally never write cursively, because I hate it. I can, but I just hate it. I tend to be more sloppier that way, but still legible and still small.

And the thing is that in today's world, who should care? Nobody really writes anymore. Maybe on a job application, but even those are computerized in many cases. Handwriting may very well become a thing of the past. We're living in the digital age.

- Ray M -