Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often show difficulties in controlling letter size and consistent letter formation during handwriting; however, there has been little research into the underlying nature of handwriting impairments in this group. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of children with ASD to regulate the size and consistency of fundamental handwriting moveme...

This study investigates the validity of a writing model proposed as the underlying structure of the writing skill in English as a foreign language (EFL). Four writing prompts were administered to 178 Iranian EFL learners. The scripts were then scored according to writing benchmarks similar to the IELTS Writing criteria but narrower in scope. After interand intra-rater reliability analysis, a th...

This paper reports the case of an English speaking, fully left-handed patient (DS) with a left unilateral writing deficit occurring after a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to the rupture of an anterior communicating aneurysm. DS's performance in spelling and in right-handed writing was entirely preserved while his left-handed writing was characterized by the production of errors which could general...

We present an writing support system for assessing written arguments. Our system incorporates three analysis models allowing for rich feedback about argumentation structure, quality of reasons, and presence of opposing arguments.