Poor Handwriting

🩺When to See a Doctor

• 1In children
• 2consult a doctor or occupational therapist if poor handwriting is significantly affecting schoolwork despite practice
• 3or occurs alongside other learning or coordination difficulties. In adults
• 4new or progressively worsening handwriting changes
• 5especially with tremor or writing that becomes smaller as it continues across a line
• 6should be evaluated promptly as this can be an early sign of Parkinson's disease.