The DLA form has got me dwelling on DD1.
She has poor fine motor skills. Her fingers curl slightly. Grip strength low, can't draw beyond a scribble, (approximate) circle and (approximate) cross (she is 4.7). Hands/arms tremor slightly, but I don't know if it is the epilepsy (Paed thinks so because he only noticed it in January), or if it is a motor issue (I kinda think it was always there).
Anyhoo...
I got to thinking today, about school, writing and so on. I think she is a long way off writing. I wonder if she will write at all, but could be being very pessimistic.
Then I thought 'I suppose she could use a laptop.' But right now, she doesn't have enough fine motor control to use a laptop track pad. She can't even make a 'click' by tapping the pad. Her hands are too weak and she doesn't have a definite enough 'prod' or enough control to keep her finger in one spot. A mouse is impossible because her hands shake, so the cursor zooms across the screen when she tries to move it at all.
I know she is still young, so perhaps I am expecting too much (I just see posts on MN about their 3 year olds loving to use the computer, and friends who have DCs allow them 'computer time')
SO, who would like to make an orderly queue to tell me that their child was the same at this age, and is now writing prose and using a laptop with ease??