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hours!! Available through YourTherapySource.com Introduction to
the book Is Manual Handwriting Relevant in the 21st Century?
Susan N. Schriber Orloff, OTR/L Children’s Special Services, LLC
It has been heard all too often, “he doesn’t need to know how to
write, he has a computer”, “doctor’s have bad handwriting, and
they are successful”, “just give him a laptop”, and the phrases
go on. Just how important is handwriting in today’s world. What
can be gained from learning to write legibly, and what is lost
if we don’t? Compelling questions that deserve to be answered.
Research suggests that manual handwriting is very important, not
just for communication purposes but for the creating and
strengthening of visual-motor and sensory-motor skills. Keith
Beery, PhD, the author of the Visual-Motor Inventory (VMI) Tests
has this to say about handwriting: (from the Visual-Motor
Inventory Test Manual pages 125-126) “Besides the fact that
handwriting, as a co