What Is Dyspraxia?

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[werehedgehog]

Dyspraxia needs to be a more well known disability, i got in so much trouble in education when i was younger just because i couldnt write properly until i was finally diagnosed

[NPDStudio]

I have Dyspraxia and I need to thank you for explaining it correctly and not getting anything wrong. So, thank you.

[longhornjitt]

I got diagnosed with dyspraxia when I was 5. Spent years in therapy for it. Consider myself a very smart guy and always wondered why I’m so uncoordinated and why things that are easy for other people are so hard for me. Never knew I had it until this week when my parents told me. I played highschool sports and I’d have to outwork everyone to just be a bench guy lol

[liamyoung]

Dyspraxia needs to be well known. I have verbal dyspraxia with the main symptoms of dyspraxia. People would call me dumb and make fun of me. My handwriting has always been awful and coordination has always been an issue. People to this day still make fun of me for not knowing how to ride a bike or swim. People would never make fun of a dyslexic person for not being able to read and write yet people do it to people with dyspraxia

[MissPickletoes]

There seems to be very little help out there for adults with dyspraxia/dysgraphia to get along in this world.
My son has them and also he has Aspergers. His intelligence helps him cope with the disadvantages they present, but so many people do not understand. He cannot find a job....

[r-techzgaming]

I am a 26 year old, who's had dyspraxia for aslong as I can remember.
Used to to frustrate me so much that I took longer learning easy things doing my shoe lace up & doing up my tie.
But I guess you learn to live with faults like that & overcome.
Must say though, I presume where listen to so much music (& write myself) have actually very good rhythm now I would say

[Sophie-Sparkles]

DCD really needs a big awareness campaign. It makes my life really difficult and affects me just as much as an adult as it did as a child.

[MissBlueEyeliner]

This made me laugh so hard. All the memories of my childhood and stories from my family.
I had stabilisers on my bike till I was 9 😂 god bless me trying to play any sport!
And early 90s Ireland it wasn’t “Dyspraxia” it was “Clumsy Child Syndrome” and “she’ll be grand.”
Yeah, no bother, don’t mind me there falling over ever 3 steps 😂 And this was diagnosed when I was about 2!!
Occupational therapy? Speech therapy? Physical therapy? 1990s Ireland- “get back up on that bike till you stop falling off” 😂 and oh lord did I learn to use my mouth! I haven’t shut up in 27 years 😅
I’m glad kids these days get the help they need and deserve. Neither my dr or my parents took it seriously and I had to work so hard to overcome the problems that come with dyspraxia.

Still makes for some good stories from doing gymnastics routines in front of 400 other students when ya face planked twice (at the age of 14)😝😂

Oh and I still can’t tie buttons.
Seriously. I just don’t buy clothes with buttons and zippers take a good deal of time too.
My writing is on point though. I have an art degree tbf, my drawing etc is fine but give me hind eye co-ordination and watch me fail.

Who else has severe issues with textures? He didn’t mention that. By that’s a thing right?
I have epilepsy too though and I know that can effect it.

[geronimoamelia]

I have a dyspraxia and learning about it just now I finally realise why I am like this but although not all have these signs and since I worked a lot 3x or more to learn which helped me being successful being a doctor. I wished I knew about this when I was younger.

[Leah_music]

This video and one other video I have watched have been really helpful for me to understand by dyspraxia I am 15 and I got diagnosed last year with dyspraxia and processing disorder (and Tourette’s but I was diagnosed with that a few years ago)

I had always been wandering why it took me so much longer than everyone else to learn to tie my shoe laces. And I still to this could never do monkey bars or ride a bike,

Also, I have terrible handwriting and this is a mix of dyspraxia, Tourette’s and I have a bit of OCD so I get very frustrated with the state of my writing so much so that I end up covering up the page with my arm so I don’t have to see it.

I have always struggled with throwing and catching balls which when in PE we play a ball game everyone else gets really frustrated because I just can’t catch the ball.

In primary school nobody ever passed the ball to me so I got really upset but I have better friends now so it is a bit better!

Also during lessons, revising or really anything my mind always finds itself down way to wander off to then zone back in again read for at the the end of what someone is saying. It really angers me when it happens (regularly) when a teacher gives us instructions to do and I have no clue what we her to do!

Today I asked my friend do you even know what dyspraxia is and she said she that she has never heard of it! I think people should be more educated in different mental disabilities!

Sorry for the ridiculously long message if anyone can relate please reply and let me know what your story is with this!

[Dionbac]

I'm a 14 year old female who is dyspraxic and I was diagnosed at age nine. I have poor coordination, especially in PE. But despite that, I taught myself to swim at age 12, and I have also won 5 dancer of the week awards in the same year, all from the same dance class. Then at another place I took part in a talent contest. I did a musical theatre act & I won first place in it 😊🏆 So just shows that you should never ever let dyspraxia get in your way even though it is hard 😘😘😘😘😘💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛 (dyspraxia awereness colours)

[onefordespair]

I'm 32 and had to self diagnose and have it confirmed in adulthood by doctors. I couldn't do simple motor skill related things in youth and even today have coordination issues and other telltale signs. Always wanted to learn how to dance but I find it so incredibly difficult. Thank goodness for online info cause now I know what it is and that I'm not just uniquely messed up. Makes me feel better lol. I was diagnosed with ADHD as well but now I think it's bipolar disorder that we didn't know about. Now that I'm an adult I've been diagnosed with bipolar but when I WANT to I can concentrate.

[Joolz]

This video provides a very clear explanation of what dyspraxia is- a lot of people seem to think that having dyspraxia just means that someone is clumsy and no good at sports but, as this video explains so well, it affects so much more than this. Whilst children can be taught strategies to help them to cope with their symptoms, it should be remembered that dyspraxia is a condition which persists into adulthood and can have a significant impact on everyday life.

[andreasd_]

I had a talk with my Mum and Dad an hour ago and it turns out I have Dyspraxia, I'm pround and I wont let anyone bring me down!
Edit: they also told me that I'm going to have more help in school. My best friend also supports me lots and so does my family

[christaliss]

I too have this condition. I am at university in my second year studying law and majorly struggling. Only one parent of mine is aware of my condition but doesnt understand the full severity of it. I had work experience and messed up all the tasks set they thought i was retarded and it made me depressed. I have very few friends and never have dated either and feel like i will never be able to have a normal life.

[aelinorholloway]

The right teacher is also very important. I remember in middle school when I first tried lino and wood printmaking I thought I was terrible at it, because the strength needed to carve the drawing out, and then roll the ink out evenly was very hard for me, and my art teacher failed me because of that. But since I've started taking the art course as an adult with a teacher who has actual knowledge and experience of teaching people with things like Dyspraxia I'm amazed at what I'm creating. I now know how to hold the knife what parts of my hand and arm i need to put strength into to carve out the shape I want. The correct way to roll out the ink and spread it. And also exercises to do so the muscles in my hand and arm don't get sore and stiff the next day.

[michellegee]

Wow at 38 I have figured out I may have dyspraxia, dyscalulcia, dyslexia and apserger's syndrome. If only they would have done more testing on me when I was a child in the 1980s my life would have been so much easier. I am already diagnosied with ADHD but I keep thinking if only they knew this when I was in school. I would have had better grades and I would have possibly moved out of my parents house earlier. I was 32 when I moved out.

[pj]

People always say I mumble and talk quietly and I never knew this was potentially because of dyspraxia but it makes so much more sense now this video gave me a lot of clarity and helped me understand this disorder and my own self more

[loreleiblakemore]

This is something that needs to be talked about more! In my 23 years of living, I was convinced that I had a lot of unhealed childhood trauma, and that was the cause of all of my early life memory loss. This has helped opened my eyes to what was wrong when I was a child, and even in my adult years! Thank you for this!