Agraphia Classifications

Author: Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP

Do you know the different agraphia classifications? โœ๐Ÿผโ“๐Ÿ‘€โฃ
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When diagnosing an agraphia, there are 2 major types of classifications: ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€ and ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€โฃ
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๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด involve the language processing components of writing and result in difficulty with spelling. In a Central Agraphia, OCEAN may be spelled as โ€œoshenโ€ and TIME may be spelled as โ€œclockโ€ ๐ŸŒŠ โฐ โฃ
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๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด involve the selection or production of letters in handwriting, and result in handwriting that is difficult to read. Always refer out to Occupational Therapy if you suspect a Peripheral Agraphia! ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿผ โฃ
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The major agraphia classifications in the research literature are as follows:โฃ
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๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—นโฃ
-Surface Agraphiaโฃ
-Phonological Agraphiaโฃ
-Deep Agraphiaโฃ
-Global Agraphiaโฃ
-Semantic Agraphia โฃ
-Graphemic Buffer Impairmentโฃ
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๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—นโฃ
-Allographic Agraphiaโฃ
-Apraxic Agraphiaโฃ
-Motor Nonapraxic Agraphiaโฃ
-Spatial/Afferent Agraphiaโฃ
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Interested in learning more about each of these classifications and how they are diagnosed? Check out our โ€œ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€โ€ resource! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ–Š โฃ
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