Asperger's and Good Handwriting

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My handwriting used to be neat, at intermediate school, at primary school it was adequate and ditto with now, at secondary school, but the reason is, in intermediate, there was a rule, any work incompleted by the end of the period, was homework, so I finished it off at home. Now, since I have to write so quickly, as this is no longer the case, my handwriting is slightly more messy. Also, to be unique, last year I began starting all of my letters at the bottom, rather than the top, and this may also explain my messiness. I know a few people with AS, and handwriting is not really a certainty, as an equal amount have good handwriting, and an equal amount have bad. So, I am putting this down to an ordinary person, and not a trait.

In a book by Lucy and Stephan Hawking, aimed at 11-13 year olds, there is a highly suspected AS boy named Emmitt, he has neat handwriting as mention in The Cosmic Treasure Hunt, when meeting George's deaf grandmother.

The last paragraph was sort of unneccesary, I admit, but as I try to do, I have provided a Statement, Explanation and Example, or as my school summarises, S.E.X (I still think it should be S.E.E).

I've never been good at handwriting. You can read mine but it's not STAY IN THE LINES, I used to get in trouble at school for it. My parents backed me up and said it doesn't matter as long as it's readable, so school gave up eventually.

Nowadays I rarely write even more. I'm extremely good at typing and do most of my writing work on the computer. Sometimes when I have to write I even have to test my letters.

Your handwriting looks AMAZING compared to mine!

Seriously mine is like another language. Sometimes I can't even read it myself.

When I was in grade school, my handwriting (print) was so bad that I failed handwriting in the 4th grade and had to take remedial classes. When it came to learning cursive, it just got worse.
Today, I can write very neatly if I sit and concentrate on forming each letter but this way of writing is extremely slow and I find it rather painful after a while.
My cursive writing is still illegible and is so bad that I can't even sign my own name the same way twice or would just randomly leave out letters. Thank god they brought out PIN numbers for credit cards as I was terrified every single time I had to sign the receipt form that they would reject it.

My handwriting is awful. It hasn't changed much since I was a 6th grader. I always feel embarrassed when I have to sign papers because I'm afraid people will think that poor handwriting = low intelligence.

OP, you probably just don't have the dyspraxia that's common with ASDs. I do, so I have a laptop for classes.

Even I can't read my handwriting. This is despite my absolute best efforts to the alternative -- my plan is to develop a handwriting style with all the consistency of a computer font. Unfortunately, this has been my plan for many years and I has thus far failed miserably in its execution.

I can write in cursive but never do. I print and this seems normal to me-- everyone I know prints also. This being said, my printing is not so legible but I can read it (usually)

I notice that the longer I spend using the keyboard (over the years) the worse my handwriting becomes. I do not really care as handwriting is already becoming outmoded and will some day probably not exist due to the influence of computers/handheld devices.

Hmmm.... I don't know what to think of this?

Your handwriting is pretty round and easy to read.