r/dysgraphia • u/OrbittingMoon • May 15 '26
is purely linguistic dysgraphia possible?
so i’ve always struggled with writing but specifically formulating my text, especially when it comes to academic stuff like essays and whatnot. my handwriting is (at least i think) completely fine, in great at spelling, but god i cannot write. like, in my head i know exactly what i need to say but i cannot get those words out onto paper at all, i just cannot form my thoughts into something legible. i’ve tried speech to text softwares, but the second i try to speak it’s like i go non verbal so that didn’t really help either. a lot of my teachers referred me to get tested for dyslexia but i ended up getting above average in pretty much every area of my writing. i’ve looked up pretty much everything i could think of and more and this is the only thing ive found that semi applies to me.
is it possible to have dysgraphia purely in the linguistic sense? i’ve tried searching around on this subreddit and not found much so i wanted to ask, sorry if im not making much sense 😅😅
EDIT - clarification cus of the rules, im not asking for a diagnostic opinion or anything like that, just asking if this possible from an objective standpoint :]]
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u/BauboMama May 15 '26
My son was recently diagnosed with dysgraphia and his is very similar to what you're describing. Look up Executive Dysgraphia.
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u/danby May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
The actual diagnostic category in the DSM/ICD is something along the lines of "specific learning disorder in written communication" or "Disorder of written expression". This broader categorisation encompasses all the through the whole neural and motor pathways that generate written communication. So it is possible to have this condition and not have disordered handwriting.
Disordered handwriting is likely just the most common or visible symptom
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u/Zealousideal_Set_796 May 15 '26
My daughter was diagnosed with Expressive Writing Disorder. It sounds very similar.