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There is a group on yahoo specifically for parents of and people who have dysgraphia. It is an amazing resource. If you haven't checked it out..you should.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dysgraphia/
For the poster (and any others not familiar with dysgraphia) who said "a laptop won't help him improve his handwriting skills"... you're right. It won't. But that is not what it is for.. it is to level the playing field for the child to use and show what they know regardless of their (dis)ability with handwriting. Dysgraphia isn't just "bad" handwriting.. it is a deficiency in their ability that takes up an in ordinate amount of their conscious thought just to write the letter forms. So they CAN'T focus on their spelling, vocabulary, or concepts... because instead of say 1% of their cognitive ability being used to physically write (most of us "normal" people do this without consciously thinking about it by grade 3 and 4) a person with dysgraphia is using maybe 30 or 40% of their cognitive ability JUST on writing the letters on the paper. Which substantially impacts their work in the classroom....
Can you imagine trying to take notes during a lecture when you can't think about what is being said? It's impossible.... that is what a severely dysgraphic student must deal with. Typing skills and a laptop is a HUGE help to these kids...