I've had blind signers before whose hand we've had to guide to sign on a line, and people whose motor skills were compromised, although their minds were fine. I carry a ruler in my notary bag for just such situations. The ruler is used as a guide under the line where the signer needs to put his/her signature. I agree with Les that I'd go to the signing and determine for myself if the borrower was mentally competent to sign the documents. If so, then I would be fine with assistance for the borrower to hold the pen and sign, so long as I knew the borrower was signing willingly and understood what he was signing.
Now, I'm in Florida and Indiana may have different laws about assistance with signing one's name. However, a physical handicap shouldn't keep a mentally competent borrower from signing his docs.
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