text: bad writing and printing skills illness? i have aways had bad printing skills. i think i print at probably a grade 2-5 level. i have had major problems just writing my name. for example i was about 16 years old before i could write my name. i still cannot write i only know a select few letters and have the skill to remember then and write them neatly enough.  i can print anything though i am not a retard. but my printing even if i take my time is still worse then probably 90-95% of the people i know. if i do not take my time sometimes it is hard for me to understand my own printing.  i had an iep and was in special ed classes my whole life until the end of high school well not so much in high school your only allowed to take like 3 i think and still get a diploma. my best guesses would be dysgraphia or dyspraxia.  there are links to the wikipedia pages below.  not the most reliable resource in the world, but i think it will give you a general idea of what each of those is about.  if either of those sounds like you when you read the description, maybe try a google search to find more information.  you might also want to check out a few of the related disorders listed in those wikipedia articles (that's the main reason i went with wikipedia - other sources don't tend to link to pages on other disorders).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dysgraphia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dyspraxia