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  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Drawing could actually be an incredibly helpful thing for you if this is dysgraphia. It will also very likely improve your handwriting as a side effect if you stick with it. I don't have a lot of experience with dysgraphia, but I do have experience working with kids with dyslexia, dyscalculia and reduced motor skills, and most people with these kind of disabilities unconsciously avoid practicing the skills they have difficulty with because it is frustrating to do so, and they receive mostly negative feedback. This can easily lead to those skills being even less developed than they could be, because if you avoid situations where you have to run because you have a lack of motor skills and people might make fun of your way of running you are not only held back by whatever is interfering with your motor skills to begin with, but by the fact that you also have less practice than others when you actually need more practice.

    If you practice drawing regularly it is very likely to help with all aspects of your condition, plus you'll have done an art. As someone who is decent at drawing and fairly regularly teaches it (to like middle school kids, so I don't know how relevant this is to adults) I can give you some advice to get started:

    Decide on one thing that you want to be able to draw and draw that thing every week or month. Save every one of these drawings, even if you want to throw them away. Things will often turn out not at all like you wanted. That happens to everyone, and it never stops no matter how skilled you get. The point of this is that you will very quickly be able to tell that you are getting much, much better. When you get frustrated and it feels like you are failing to draw something (as will happen), dig out and compare it to your honest best attempt from a few months ago and you will be amazed at how much progress you've actually made. I also wouldn't worry too much about finding a style that suits you. That literally happens automatically and can only be hindered by you deciding ahead of time that "I guess Rococo Revival is the art style for me". Try out different stuff. If the problem is very exclusive to the wrists, maybe give slightly larger form painting a try, since that is more about them elbows, but try everything! Good luck, comrade!