agrafia

The term that we have before us to define we find that it has its origin in Greek. It comes from a cultism of this language that is made up of two parts. On the one hand, there is the prefix a, which means "without"; and on the other hand is the word spelling that could be translated as "writing". In this way, it is clear that the etymological origin of this concept tells us that agrafia refers to something without writing or to someone who cannot carry out writing.

The agrafia or agraphy is a medical concept that refers to the complete or partial impossibility in order to express ideas through writing. This incapacity becomes noticeable as a result of a injury or a brain-type disorder.

It should be noted that agrafia also refers to the Agraph status, name given to those who cannot master writing, do not know how to carry it out or are not very skilled at it. In other words, agraphia describes the loss of skills that allow writing for traumatic reasons, beyond any motor impairment.

It must be taken into account that agraphia is a disability of variable scope that does not allow the person who suffers it to make their thoughts, ideas, processes or sequences known in writing, although they can express them with the spoken word.

There are several types of agraphia that are classified fundamentally according to the area of ​​the brain that is affected and that therefore originates them. Thus, in this way, one can speak of pure agraphia, aphasic, with alexia, spatial or apraxic.

Specifically, for example, the last type of agraphia cited is that which means that the patient does not have any type of problem when “writing” with a computer keyboard but that he does have difficulties when doing the same with a pencil or a ballpoint. Thus, when doing it by hand, it will make very deformed letters so it will be difficult for you to write either uppercase or lowercase letters.

In addition to the aforementioned classifications, we should also talk about what is known as afferent agrafia. In this case, the main obstacle for the patient when it comes to expressing himself and communicating with writing is that it is difficult for him to separate the words and even maintain their horizontal line.

The agrafia is related to other terms. For example, with the dysgraphia, marked by a deficit of ability and skill at the time of writing and is considered a form of dyslexia. It is also linked to aphasia (a problem characterized by loss or difficulty in mastering language due to injury to certain areas of the brain).

On the other hand, it is worth highlighting the alexia, a picture that is characterized by leaving the sufferer with the inability to read, even when the ability to read had already been acquired. Alexia usually appears next to an agrafia box, beyond the fact that the affected person can speak and understand the language he hears.

Finally, it can be noted that the agrammatism It is a linguistic element linked to expression aphasia, which is characterized by the frequent elimination of grammatical morphemes (such as articles, prepositions and personal pronouns) and the shortening of sentences to a simple sequence of lexical morphemes.