Thanks for this. I have dyspraxia and have been diagnosed since childhood. I still don't feel that I fully understand the condition and where I end and dyspraxia begins and what's because of the dyspraxia and what's just me. My good friend Cathy also has the condition but is affected in different ways. This helped me understand more but it seems a shame that yes children get help and that's great but when you're an adult you're on your own.
I agree. I haven't even been diagnosed with dyspraxia but I feel like I can resonate with a lot of the traits. I am 53 years old and I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 35 but I feel like there is something more to my struggles than ADHD and I have been trying to figure it out all of my life. I just want some closure and I feel like if I really knew what was wrong with me, perhaps maybe I could get some help. The average person can't understand someone like myself and it feels shameful to admit that you have struggles with a lot of everyday things that most people take for granted. I know that I am not intellectually disabled but I know that I am not like everyone else. Just wished I could find support to help me in the areas that I need it without the stigma of feeling dumb.
I have dyspraxia and dyslexia, I always describe it as like having rubber gloves on, you try to do things but they never work the way you want. I fall over my words, I so disorganised and my handwriting is unreadable. it makes me feel like im broken but I love art, It the one thing I feel like I can do.
Yeah, I'm dyspraxic. Sucks, doesn't it. People either assume that you are stupid or that you are clever but lazy. In the first case, they just write you off. In the second, they are always on your back. They can walk a mile in our shoes, then they can judge us. Are you doing ok at the moment?
It may take you longer but that doesn't mean you cannot do it. We all have a different brain function, it's not all the exact same. I'm sure if you keep trying you'll get it eventually :). The way you do it is just as good. My son has just been diagnosed with dyspraxia and has possible dyslexia, I would never want him to be down on himself, I love him for who he is, every bit!
I’m sure my son has Dyspraxia, still waiting on diagnosis! He is a wonderful little guy and the fact your all on here supporting each other is awesome! Everybody has something they have to overcome in their life you can be a victim of it or you can show the world what you can accomplish with it! The body does wonderful things, a woman I knew had appendicitis, it ended up Erupting. My friends body built a wall to protect her body from the infection and she survived! Her brain told her body something was not right and her body Mind told her body to protected it, so it did! The same brain that controls these functions is an AMAZING gift! I believe if you have something there’s a reason for it and if you could understand the power of that gift of the mind you can change and accomplish anything! Don’t let these subconscious labels defy you.. you were so much more than this! Sending love and vibration strength to all! 🙏✌🏻❤️
How come my town Doesn't know what tis, I have to explain myself and it's hard to find right words, because I have dyspraxia but my mum didn't want me to know about it now I I struggle with daliy fings. I wish people would just understand me.
I also have dyspraxia and I have the same problem because there is not enough awarness because everyone thinks I have dyslexia and they think I can't read
Lee Roche most people don’t know that I have it but believe I have an accent. I have been told I sound like a Brit, Texan and Aussie, which I'm none of those. In a kind of a weird way I find that a compliment, because then if I get asked to say something in an accent I can pull it off, but I also wish that people won't be so bewildered when I tell them where I'm really from.
I am undiagnosed but I think i have a mild Dyspraxia. I am happy that the science has developed such that shows disorders like this is something to be understood not a reason to attack or humiliate people.
@@bestowjqhsgwj I cannot use public health care to get diagnosed, as this is not a life-threatening disease and, I am not young, almost 60 years! When I learned about Dyspraxia, I suspected I have a mild version. So, it could be a diagnosis!
Warning: huge essay incoming. This is a really good video about dyspraxia. I have my initial assessment for dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ASD in 2 days at my college after a whole life of unexplained clumsiness, getting confused easily, deteriorating handwriting, crying my eyes out over maths, losing track of conversations, sensory processing issues, tact issues, falling up/down stairs (just last week I bruised my whole left side badly falling up the stairs in public), obsessive interests, etc. etc. It's just a shame (actually infuriating but I'm going to be modest here) that it's taken 21 years to even get to this point of people other than myself asking why I'm like this. It just was never picked up on, except by my family and even then until the past few years they just thought it was my own little quirks or something, until I began studying for my access to HE diploma in September. People need to be more aware of SpLDs such as dyspraxia, especially teachers who at the moment get an inadequate amount of training on identifying and dealing with SEN students. This has reassured me a lot though, that I'm not alone and that people are raising awareness of this thing that I might well have had my whole life and not known about that possibility until last month. Thank you :)
After years of me begging & pleading for more support from schools for my daughter have we finally been listened to…. Many assessments later with the findings of Auditory processing disorder, dyspraxia, dyscalculia & autistic traits. Again, having to beg & plead for an ehcp for 2 years was then awarded. This then enabled us to apply for a transfer to a school that provided specialist resource provision within a mainstream school but only after missing the best part of yr7 & yr8 due to covid lockdowns which exacerbated the learning issues/anxieties/mental health plus lack of support from school & by the time the ehcp was finalised at the start of yr9 we found that the named school on the ehcp was the school we wanted to take her out of! They’d made a mistake upon completion but In order to correct it we had to appeal to the courts! Whilst waiting for the appeal we tried to work with the (crappy) school but soon found that they were still not onboard (even after the ehcp was awarded & LD were diagnosed) were not willing to give any more support (than they claimed they were giving albeit my daughter was still struggling) or one to one teaching in core subjects. We even had a private educational psychologist report done which stated that she was so far behind academically (like a yr3 or yr4 in many categories) he recommended one to one but they were not going to give it to her as they believed in students learning to work independently😂 This left us with no choice but to pull her out of the (crappy) school & wait for the appeal from the courts to change it to the school that was more suitable. So she missed petty much the first 3 years of secondary school! She started her new school in year 10 & although is happier has lost the foundation stage. Almost like she went from being 11 years old in primary school (which is fun) in to year 10, a 15 year old preparing for her GCSEs 😢
I’ve had my granddaughter living with me for last 8/9 weeks, she’s 16 and just starting her last year at high school and I’m convinced she’s Dyspraxia (only after watching older series of Ackley Bridge) I’m trying to get a drs appointment for her to get her assessed. She has autism with moderate learning difficulties but her hand writing is appalling, she still can’t ride a bike and can’t use cutlery together ie knife and fork to cut food etc. She can’t do up buttons and I alter her school shirts every year with Velcro or magnetic snaps so she feels independent. She can’t tie her shoes so I’ve put in elasticated laces etc. What cutlery is more comfortable for her to use etc
I'm dyspraxic and oh my god is time management a big difficulty for me. Knife + fork thing too, I often have to check the way others are holding them to make sure they're in the correct hands.
I would like to meet people who have dyspraxia because I have it in my country even psychiatrists have never encountered this problem I hope someone will contact
I suffered with this all my life but was never diagnosed because no proffestional in North America don't have a clue in school they called it a clumsy or you were just lazy. Thank you Tim for your work please help it get known in Canada and U.S many children have this disability and aren't being properly diagnosed.
I have dyspraxia, and everyday is difficult to me, the more I become older the more I have difficulties, people doesn't understand and judge most of the time, fortunatly I have the sense of humor which really help me. With dyspraxia we are marginalised, no matter what we always feel different..
Thank you for sharing this. I have had Dyspraxia my whole life but only diagnosed in my early 20's. People just don't understand it or me. I am marginalised, told I'm lazy etc.. At last I don't feel alone.
Same. I'm 26, self diagnosed having dyspraxia and recently found out I got officially diagnosed 20 years ago 😅 Honestly, it would have been great to know that to be able to speak up for myself, but somehow I just found out a month ago.
My husband is a Police Detective, he has 2 degrees from university, extremely intelligent and can recall endless facts. He is also 46yrs old and was only diagnosed with dyspraxia 3 yrs ago whilst taking a dyslexia test for the Police to prove his dyslexia before he took exams. . Now we have a name for all the little "things" that are different about him from someone who without it.
Rainbutt Caticorn Here in the U.K. the critical analysis of things like dyspraxia or dyslexia has been utterly abandoned. We now consider them as factually as gravity or evolution, but in other parts of the world it isn’t even considered scientifically or empirically evident!
The whole thing about it being more common in boys annoys me so much because of those stupid stereotypes I had to go 13 years without a diagnosis constantly being referred to specialists since I was around 5 because I had serious anger management issues and all my teachers and family were convinced I must have autism or ADHD and I was just convinced I was a monster or a baby because that was what I was told over and over again I wish people would be more aware of dyspraxia the only reason I finally got diagnosed was because the person I got referred to that time happened to have a son with dyspraxia so when I told her I couldn’t ride a bike she decided to send me to an occupational therapist
Yeah, that's similar with females with autism being misdiagnosed or not being diagnosed at all. I'd love to know if Dyspraxia affects females differently from males. I have Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and an Auditory Processing Disorder.
Tudor Miller I know a lot of people say it is worse for boys because it’s expected of them to be better at sports ect but for me I always found it hard too. I couldn’t do anything any of the other kids could do I remember everyone doing PE out on the field and I would refuse to participate because I didn’t want to deal with the humiliation. Bare in mind I would have been nine at the time, no teachers messed with me then and kind of just let me get away with it because they were afraid of how I could’ve hurt them (I had a tendency to attack my teachers back then).In middle school I was made fun of a lot for not being up to speed and for my rare outbursts and by the time I got to the middle of high school I had completely pushed everyone away from me because I was so afraid and insecure of myself and that I would hurt other people
I got diagnosed when I was 9 but by then i had already been humiliated by a teacher for being slow, she would clap in my face, keep me in during breaks and stopped me doing art lessons (all when i was 6 years old). It always annoyed me when people said it was more common in boys because 1) i know more girls that have it and 2) it leaves girls that have it feeling weird and wrong as they feel like a minority.
I got diagnosed with Dyspraxia at 16. I really struggled playing sports, especially playing games like rounders where the ball would end up behind me and my peers are shouting “get the ball”,pointing at it. I really struggled finding it then ever since then my peers would call me names and say I’m shit at sports in general. My everyday life was affected, my dad who shouts at me everyday and even to this day doesn’t understand what it is and I suffer from him bringing me down especially the fact that he can’t come to terms with the fact that I have Dyspraxia. Thank you for this vid, I feel I’ve learned more about myself, keep up the good work!.
Games with flying balls were a total nightmare for me too. I remember wanting so badly to belong & trying So hard to connect tennis racket to ball to the brain & missing all the time & the mother saying : just LOOK at the ball" I was looking...just couldn't connect. That led to feeling an outsider. Hockey was even worse. I'm awaiting a diagnosis now...@ 59!
Admiral Piett • Thank you for sharing your story with us. There is nothing wrong with who you are and if your father can not see how blessed he is to have you as his son then hopefully one day he will. All the best to you dear.
This makes sense to me now. I never understood why I often raise my voice without realising it. It is a huge learning curve for me. I have Dyspraxia, Tourettes and am awaiting diagnosis of autism. My dyspraxia affects my ability to talk, write. Always bumping into things and falling over and so on. I never knew copying was another issue. My executive functioning is bad. I feel so awful my whole life.
What they said about a science lab is so interesting! I was thrown out of class then out of the entire department. I've never been diagnosed but have heard of it because my brother was diagnosed at university. I'm now 28 and struggling. Along with fibromyalgia, which i have been diagnosed with for 10years, i do see the challenges of dyspraxia when it comes every day life. I had issues with all my teachers and though i did well in some lessons, i failed exams and have never gone to university. My flat feet have caused havoc with my body as well as weak muscles. This video was helping in gaining more understanding. I wish i had been diagnosed as a child, it would've helped at school greatly. Every day has been a battle and wish i could find support for adults with dyspraxia. From what i've researched i can only get diagnosed now if i go to university.
I am 26 years old now and when i was younger at school my teacher told a parent of mine that my have a mild form of the condition. They didnt think nothing of it. But i got asked what to do with a plant pot the soil and the plant and i didnt know what to do. When i get asked to do things i struggle on the spot and i freeze. Even now. I have a speech impediment and its much much better when i was younger. Sometimes now i get asked what to do and i forget. Ive just started doing basic life skills in a new home and i think about it daily. I couldnt ride a bike when i was younger either and i briefly learned 2 years ago but if i got on a bike now i wouldnt know what to do. Im very active as in going to the gym and football and cricket too. I am learning to drive again and my instructor has seen these signs. Im a very social person too but i overthink and worry alot. I hope we all can support each other with this and keep positive.
Tom Jardine. It certainly can do. I still have social issues, problems with voice volume and not knowing when to talk etc? But they do get better as you work at them.
Haha yeah I agree with this sentiment. I would love to see more content about dyspraxia that isn’t about children, and isn’t just really negative stuff.
I have never heard about dyspraxia until today. I didn't learn to tie my shoes till middle school, didn't successfully ride a bike till high school. I've always had bad handwriting and held my pencil nontraditionally. My mother would always get onto me for not holding my knife and fork correctly. I always thought I was just slow to develop and bad at these things, but now I'm starting to wonder...
I have severe dyspraxia, and we wouldn’t of known if my cousin hadn’t been diagnosed with it. We have always known, but my mum didn’t realise how severe it was until she spoke to me about my struggles. I was very good at coping, but still struggled. I was 11 when I was diagnosed, and had all these signs. Every single one of these, except with speech. (I have been told I am very well spoken). Yet we didn’t pick it up, because my mum thought I was just ‘kak-handed’ and not as bad as it was. I have the memory and processing speed of a 4/5 year old, and I am 14. My cousin, his wife, his daughter and his (we think) 16 month old son are dyspraxic. We think my grandad is dyspraxic and we think my nan has dyslexia. We think my mum may have minor dyspraxia as well.
So much love for you! Thankyou for doing this video it has helped people to understand me also well done you for everything that you have achieved! Not only was this helpful and informative but it's also really well put together! Thankyou so much.
I have dyspraxia but in America is less known so in my full neuropsychological evaluation the psychologist missed it , it’s much more known in the UK and not much in United States I’ve had it since I was a child it’s frustrating and creates a resentment I’ve never gotten any treatment I still use a spoon instead of a fork at 22 years old it’s a life long disorder and struggle affects both my fine and gross motor skills I had terrible handwriting as a child i also have ADHD inattentive type Specific learning disorders with impairment in mathematics also Reading Comprehension and social Pragmatic communication disorder and also epilepsy Tonic clonic previously known as Grandmal seizures but I been controlled for awhile now on Lamotrigine. There’s some of my testimony
My son is 10 and he was diagnosed DCD 2 years ago. I need this video to show him the difficulties he has with his poor handwriting skill and prepare him to explore his potentials. So far he is an audio learning, good at computer and no problem with typing, maths, logic, social skill, telling stories, history. Perhaps I could prepare him to explain himself better at school or his friends in the future about his difficulties. It is important for him to understand that his difficulties are not making him less valuable than other kids.
I'm am 37 year olds and have quite recently discovered I may have dyspraxia after discovering my sister and youngest niece also have it. When I went to my GP to explore the possibility further one of the first things he asked me was what type I thought had to which I said I didn't know. When I got home I looked up the three mains types but found I didn't really seem to fit into any of them but I find certain things about the condition ring very true for me. Good examples being clumsiness a tendency to trip over things like a sign or hoover wires at work(I work in a mental health hospital as a cleaner). I tend to work slower than others and if I try to work faster to the expected speeds I tend to forget and drop things become more disorganised and just get angry and frustrated at myself I sometimes ask something at work only to be told we were just told that information a few seconds ago. If I go to do jobs I'm often told that job has already been done and that I should have known this. I'm also very disorganised at home I simply put something down or drop it only for it to seemingly vanish into nothingness then reappear a few minutes or hours later usually plain as day and large as life sitting in a big empty easy to see spot like on top of a chest of drawers or something. I find I am constantly forgetting things like my phone or wallet to the point were I have to make sure I check my pockets before leaving home or work and asking people to remind me to make sure I have these items. on occassions I've forgotten my phone and not realised til several hours later. I've been a messy eater most of my life something I used to get allot of shit for it at school but doesn't really bother me now outside of not putting on clean shirts on gravy dinner days. There's lots of other things to like not knowing if I was right or left handed til I was about fifteen something I still partially struggle with and used to use the sonic 1 level select cheat to remind myself left from right(up down left right A+start). I also tend to lead with my toes instead of heels when I walk and handflap or stim as autistics call it (autism and whether or not I have it is whole other can of worm I'm dealing it at the moment) Those are few of the major signs but theres lots of other stuff that I don't really exhibit like I've been riding a bike since I was five I can get dressed fine I've known how to cook since I was about twelve (used to smoke out the kitchen but I could still create something that was technically edible by my standards!) Other stuffs allot more vague like yeah I kind of struggle with some stuff but not too an especially notable degree and even then so do allot of people probably too. Any advice you can offer would be very apprieciated. tons of websites say this or that about the condition and keep find I tick like every third or fourth description. and If I do or did have some of the more severe signs I either didn't realise or learned to compensate without realising.
My advice is to talk to the dyspraxia foundation, they will be able to give you more personalised advice on who to see to get the correct prognosis. It seems likely you have one form, however dyspraxia like many other conditions doesn't easily fit into one box, as was mentioned in my and other videos lots of things cross over into other conditions.
Great video Tim, thank you. I've known my son has dyspraxia since he was 5, but only got the diagnosis recently because no one here in Slovenia, where we are living at the moment, knows enough about it. He is bilingual and has quite severe speech and language difficulties also, which I am certain is down to the dyspraxia and the fact that he is bilingual and has to try to organise two languages in his head. I learned everything about dyspraxia through videos like this and this is how I was able to identify what it was. Keep up the good work.
I'm undiagnosed but considering my schools okay for this condition I have over 20 of the symptoms and signs and to me that needs attention not negatives.
I learned when I was 12 and I learnt to ride a bike when I was 12 to also when I go to restaurants I have my mom cut my food as I can't it's so anoying as people stare at me as I'm 14 now but look 15 or 16 as I'm verry tall almost 6 foot anyway I go to a school of 20 people and all of the teachers are trained to hellp with anything as my last place is terrable with that stuff and made fun of me but I do alot of stuff at home such as build tiny furniture or ride horses so I'm ok it's just so hard to do stuff
I FINALLY Learned how to Tie My Laces when was very Nearly 11, in the Final Month of Year 6, a Friend taught Me Her way of doing it, and I managed to Grasp it in the End, as She Spent ages, every Break Time basically, teaching Me how to do it as She was worried about Me going into Secondary School still unable to Tie (as She was going to a different one and would not be there to Tie My Laces up for Me anymore) So She taught Me Her way of doing it and I grasped it as it was Easier than the way My Mum had tried to teach Me. I do My Shoes just fine now, a rather Unrepeatable number of Years on from then, and I like to Help those who still cannot do Laces with their Shoes too :)
1:44 I like this visual it's so pretty. I think I have dyspraxia but I'm unsure. I also have ADHD. Whenever I eat I make a mess. So it makes me think it may be apart of it. There are ways i do things that are different because i dont understand how others do it. Cleaning at my job, drying my hands on a towel, eating. I'm sure if I thought more would come to me. I know I take a long time doing dishes. My friends tell me it should take me not long at all, but a small pile can take to 1 hour, and any more and it will take many hours to do. I also can take long with other simple tasks. Simple homework assignments take long. I take a long time with computer work. It makes me not want to do things I know I have to because I know it will take time and energy. I get drained so fast. I'm also apart of my christian ministry. My friends are actually very patient and accepting of me and it makes me feel more okay. Whenever I pray, I have to take my time and go slow to focus on the words I'm saying. My thoughts and feelings arent easily organized in my head into coherent thoughts outside of my mouth. It works though when people are supportive because then they dont care how slow I pray or how I jumble up stuff when I talk to them. I dont know if this is dyspraxia or just me but I also am very excited around my friends. I always want to give them hugs and be around them. I need space sometimes I find, but around my friends I find happiness and its hard to contain. I feel it in my chest and it makes me overwhelmed but in a good way and I just want to hug them all the time. I get so energetic at the thought of seeing them and I cant contain how happy I am and I bounce off the walls and explode with joy and I know it's different from other people but I cant help it. Just thought I'd put it out there
This is a really good video I have dyspraxia and I was only diagnosed at the age of 14! Just to let you know the writing in the screen at the end of the video Isn’t very dyspraxia friendly I think each part could have been on for a bit longer to give time to read base process it
Well. There are other conditions I'm glad I don't have. Being Dyspraxic with Dyscalculia and an Auditory Processing Disorder, quite enough for me. Thanks!!!
this is a great documentary, could I have your business email? I'm making a dyspraxia documentary of my own and would love to do a video interview with you :)
My father had taught me from a young age to ride ATVs. I struggled with it for some time, but eventually did it so much that I became competent at it. It became one of the only things, coordinationly speaking, that I got good at. It made me a lot better starting off as a driver at 16, and I still feel like a good driver. However, I have so many of the symptoms of dyspraxia and struggle with so much of the motor skills outside of a vehicle. To this day, in my mid-20's, I still have to consciously think about the way I walk, my stride/gait, because it always feels awkward. So, if you are a good driver, don't let that make you feel like your issue with dyspraxia isn't a real one. Just wanted to give my two cents since I felt the same way about my ability to drive.
This is great,I'm a 42 year old perant and step perant. Never had any proper help with this from a early age until now. My teachers would see problems I had like my during 8s and my mum was told but I was given no help. My GP won't help me even though I tell them what difficulties I do have,all they seem to say is I'm very knowledgeable about this.
I find my dyspraxia "snowballs" when my husband points out my clumsiness. Every time he points it out, I get flustered and embarrassed and make more mistakes, which results in him swearing and yelling, which makes me humiliated and unable to think straight. Every time it happens, I feel like it's the end.
Tim you’re amazing! I really struggle with motivation and school and general life organisation due to my dyspraxia- I can’t ride a bike and only learnt to tie my laces about 3/4 years ago! thank you for your film
Even today, there seems to still be a limited knowledge of this condition. Most people just think I am thick, but they couldn’t be any further from the truth
I have dyspraxia, I was diagnosed in 2005. I always struggled to concertate in school involvement. ( I am much better still have episodes ) How I describe dyrspraxia is , there is wires in my brain that disconnection to different wires. I am an adult now, I keep my aldut life separate still feel quite childish. I love art it helps me to express myself and not feel ashamed that i can be childish.
My mum has always just said that I have dyspraxia and has never bothered to get me diagnosed because it didn't cause problems. I think it probably did for me though, as a little kid I always wondered if there was something wrong with me, like I was disabled and was just so unaware of myself I hadn't figured it out but everyone else had. I'm overly clumsy, forgetful, emotional and I recently learned I physically can't dance without looking really abnormal. Now I'm 17 should/could I look into seeing if I have dyspraxia (or something else, my dad and 2 sisters are autistic...?) and getting a diagnosis?
Do people have dyspraxia in varying degrees like 1-10 like one being very mild & 10 being full on I ask because I’m a driving instructor about to start teaching a lad “18” to drive Iv be doing this job for 35 years and taught all sorts of people with different disabilities. Regards Martyn
My special needs teacher ( I have alot special needs) always noticed some thing but until the age of 11 I wasn't diagnosed but she always knew I had something wrong with my coronation
What about it happening more frequent in premies!? I was born the size of a coke can and have become convinced after total misdiagnosis by so-called "professionals" for 17 years after I gave up their pills and noticed the same issue that Dyspraxia fits TO A T! As is evident from premature birth which I have always known that lack of development was a factor but no one cared.
The reason it takes teachers so long to form a decent relationship with a dyslexic student is because a teacher is what Icall a "random access person" or more technically labeled nuerotypical. Dyslexics are the ducks that swim on top of tbe water the fish are everyone else. The fish look up and say "hmm he (the duck) can't breathe in the water hmm..so he must has a "disability."
My daughter has terrible handwriting and organisation skills, is very, very clumsy, doesn't like sport, has poor coordination, struggles with Maths, cannot tell the time at 11 despite years of teaching her, has poor cutlery skills/always drops cutlery, took a long time to be able to do her laces...I feel like she might have this
I have dyspraxia and I'm a sprinter, I've always found it hard not to fall or move to the wrong lane, this video has been very helpfull to help me understand thank you very much
hi, i hope you will see this.. i am a coach and i would like to specialize in awareness for dyspraxia after finding my own daughters diagnosis at age 14 the system need to learn and be more aware i would love to speak to the specialists in the video can you message me?
I think both my brother and I have dyspraxia. He eats very weirdly and holds mugs strangely. Both our handwriting is illegible no matter how much we work on it. When I eat I sometimes have trouble coordinating opening my mouth with when I move the fork into my mouth. Sometimes I forget to drop something Im carrying if I need to handle something else at the same time and I end up with full hands. I only struggle with small motor function stuff though. I can very easily pick up on whole body movements, faster than most people. I also have good reflexes when it comes to catching or avoiding things. No idea :/
I was diagnosed at 8. Mt hand writing is awful, I talk too fast and too loud, and in America there is little or no support for dyspraxic children. I had to stop all of my therapies at school because aparently at 10 I should have been cured. I wish I had stuff likethis when I was in school. Starting college in the fall and my hand writing looks like an elemtry schooler's.
This is so great! I was only diagnosed with dyspraxia because my mum's mum thought she might have it.No-one at my school knows, as I am a A-grade student and shy away from physical activities (because of my dyspraxia)
I’ve recently been diagnosed at 34. I’ve just completed a masters and a CELTA. It was hard. I’m female. It’s suspected I have adhd too. The biggest thing growing up has been frustration, self/esteem and confidence. The frustration of not being able to organise yourself, losing things and breaking things! I still can’t do certain things. It’s the effects on not being able to do things like others that’s the hardest. So many people have been missed. I lived sports as a kid but I was clumsy but determined with it. I wish more people saw it not as having something wrong with you but just being wired slightly differently. Nothing is impossible it just takes longer and often requires trying several different approaches.
In a very simple way ADHD is behavioural, mainly to do with attention span and responces to stimuli. Dyspraxia is mainly coordination based. Tends to be more on speech, hand to eye or other physical skills and both vary hugely from person to person.
I was diagnosed with dyspraxia in speech therapy when my normal speech therapist was off sick, so I a better one come in. She could tell from my voice that I had, so she went to see if I was. I was diagnosed when I was 7. I do have trouble tying my shoelaces, I have bad handwriting, I always speak in way tones that I don’t want to, and I cannot do sports. Luckily, I’m not a dumb kid and I am one of the smartest in my year. I can concentrate in class, mainly because my brother is autistic and now I can block sounds out. I also can’t ride a bike very well lol. I can copy just fine. My learning side is fine, except from speech. It’s a bit annoying how my PE teacher gets mad at me for ‘not trying enough’. My school don’t even know I have dyspraxia. And oh god I am so clumsy. I even trip up when I’m on my bed.
Beyond brilliant. Being super bright (more of a curse than a blessing) my son wasn't diagnosed until he was at university having sailed through school. Things that helped were martial arts to build up the muscle memory of coordination, not writing joined up - illegible and bless him he taught himself to always put pens in the same place. I had no idea because his symptons were mild. Another thing to look out for is pressing very hard when they write. Albert Einstein was dyspraxic and never learned to tie shoe laces
I grow up undiagnosed in the 80's but I was extremely lucky because I found my way around. Comic Books taught me to love reading. My love for theater classes taught me to speak clearly and not mumble. Learning a second language (English) made me aware of my words. Driving lessons were a nightmare but taught me confidence (although I quit driving after 3 accidents) I am so proud of myself for being able to drive for a little while. Yoga helped me coordinate even tho I am terribly embarrassed to go to classes in public I show up every day. My parents were unaware of my difficulties to they always pushed me forward as I was like any other kid and they expected nothing but excellence. They still think I made this up, my parents will say "ah nowadays everything has a name...you are fine". This made me stronger and better, feeling that nothing can stop me now, it is a blessing in certain ways.
My daughter was born early only started walking at 18 months only said daddy at 22 months and mimi (mommy) was at 25 months. She’s a bit different but we love her. Our biggest trouble in class is not with learning she’s very clever although I see my learning issues with her making mistakes when you start writing I hate pen writing. She is like top in her reading skills though if you listen and read with her you see she skips words though the flow is still good she doesn’t get confused like I do. I’ve started her typing her spelling homework it was painful for both of us but she is so much happier learning to type out her spelling homework. The school has picked up her writing speed but because she’s so smart they say it’s not dyslexia. Funny as they have her doing extra PE because her motor skills are poor. So how do I get my 6 year old help. Also she battles to keep her letters straight it could be that she’s a leftie. But her letters writing skills are hopeless we both get frustrated and I make mistakes so yeah I pulled out the laptop and have her typing her spellings she now enjoys typing her spelling and it’s way faster with less mind wondering. Homework is done faster.
