Leo, my nine year old son who is on the autistic spectrum and has significant learning delays is just starting to be able to write thanks to the Hemispheres think write programme. He enjoys the movements involved with the animals in the various letter groups, and it was about a year ago that he managed his first independent cow lead in line. Because he associates the writing with the movements and the animals, it makes it all a bit more fun, and it also enables him to make associations that encourage him to write. For Leo, making marks on paper held no interest at all. The key was to motivate him with fun activities and to help him understand why writing might be functionally useful, as well as working to build up the various muscle groups in his hands that would make writing possible. All of the hemispheres exercises put together have made writing a possibility for Leo. We are really excited about this.