![]() ![]() ![]() What starts as a very conscious task soon becomes an unconscious & automatic process that once learned, we all take for granted.Īs well as helping written work generally, touch typing offers Dyslexics a different and powerful way to learn to spell spelling becomes a series of patterns & finger movements not a string of letters to try to remember. ![]() For an adult, driving is a great example of the power of the unconscious to deliver a complex skill. This is muscle memory or automaticity (“auto-mat-i-city”). It’s not about if you can use your little finger to type P or Q, it’s about what’s happening in the brain. Touch typing becomes an unconscious physical skill – something a Dyslexic child can master and even be top of the class! It has more in common with dancing, swimming, playing sport or instrument than the academic skills usually needed in the classroom. For Dyslexics, written work is usually a very difficult area, but when done on a computer and touch typing, it’s a totally different process in the brain compared to writing with a pen. ![]()
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