4. Inconsistency in letter and word spacing
If a child shows inconsistencies in their spacing between letters and words, this could also be a telltale sign of dysgraphia being present. In the same piece of work, a child may show exemplary spacing between a couple of sentences, only to revert back to showing no regard for spacing whatsoever in the next couple of sentences. In a lot of cases, this can be wrongly attributed to laziness, when the opposite is actually true. Sometimes it may have taken extreme concentration, determination and focus from a child to be able to write as neatly and with as many equal and consistent spaces for a couple of sentences or for a single sentence that they simply can’t commit to keeping up that level of concentration for much longer, meaning that the rest of the written work suffers as a result. This can present as poor spacing between letters and between words.