Is writing still a necessary skill?

I am really confused.

So my stepson, who is 11, has ADHD, I don't know if it matters but maybe it does, Idk..

So his school sent him to be evaluated for his ADHD and because his handwriting is horrible.

When I was a kid, I had a friend who had thesame issue, he was given exercises to help his wrist and his fingers to develop better fine motor skills.

For my stepson, they didn't even try that step.

Now, in my opinion, there is no reason why he wouldn't be able to properly write, he never really had good motivation, nor did he do a lot of exercises ever (I've been his stepmom since he was 2)

He just "never had to do it". Like when I was a kid, I was given a lot of fine motorskils exercises, like you'd make curly's or circels etc in I think you guys call that "pre-k"? so the age between 3 and 6.

So now he's 11 and he was evaluated and they said that his handwriting is super bad but in stead of trying to help make his wandwriting better, they just said "writing isn't a life skill anymore, he could use a laptop for school for the rest of the year" and they gave him typing lessons, so next year he'll be going to middle school, in a different school, he doesn't have any certificates that he needs a laptop for school and he will have issues with his writing in middle school.

His a is an o and visa versa and he doesn't accept any feedback from us because "his councilor told him it's no big deal".

I certainly disagree with the councilor and the physiologist on this but as a stepmom I literally can't do anything about it.

What are your opinions?

@Marie & Catherine

We're not in the US, we have pretty decent support teams usually. He was assessed by a child psychologist and a logopedist outside of school. I'm sorry I wasn't fully clear of that in my post originally. The team suggested that at this point it's better to work on typing class than focussing on writing and I just don't agree with it. I understand why they want it this way, my stepson is working very very hard to keep up in school and they don't want to give him the extra stress. But I think that adding physiological finger and wrist exercises at the very least shouldn't add too much extra stress.

@Melanie

I don't know what a 504 plan is, it's not exactly selfexplanatory?

Much like me asking you if you filed your taxes based on a 281.10 form.