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What is dyspraxia?

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as suggested before !!!
it is when you have a disorder in holding things i have it myself
THIS IS NOT TRUE

i have quite server dyspraxia and got diagnosed when i was 7 years old

Dyspraxia is a condition you are 90% of the time born with

this doesn't affect IQ in anyway. (mine is 120)

there are a few different types of dyspraxia mainly developmental dyspraxia and verbal dyspraxia (this just dictates which area you struggle the most academically or verbally (most dyspraxics have both problems in academia and speech)

this is a condition that affects how your cerebellum's work
leaving these parts of the brain out of sync

the cerebellum's are in charge of the moment between the two side's of the body and spatial awareness.
it is normally the left cerebellum that is the weak one
and dyspraxia affect more males than females

now you have seen where the problems of dyspraxia arise form i can tell you a bit about how it can/dose affect the majority of dyspraxics

from a young age (0-14 years old) it can/dose affect the following :

usually affect's speech
can have poor hand to eye co-ordination

can have problems with balance, perception, spatial awareness
also can have problems with posture

difficulties with doing buttons (or any other two handed task involving timing between the left and right hands)
difficulties in distinguishing between a dominant hand for two hand task such as eating with a knife and fork
may have problems with writing (down to poor pen grip child may also have problems with organising words and also keeping the writing the same size and in straight lines)
children with this condition may also have problems with sport and many other group activity's (a dyspraxic person can feel most alone when they are in a group)
also may have problem with fixation of thoughts often when stressed/pushed for speed (this can lead to a dyspraxic person being misunderstood as being argumentative)
can have clumsy gait or over-exaggerated movement (usually when running or walking along with many others)
can have a very short attention span and weak concentration
can also be late at achieving goals (crawling, walking, talking, riding a bike, ext.)
and they can also become very confused, agitated, and withdrawn (child may not know why and will get more distressed because of this)
many with dyspraxia suffer from bad short term memory

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Matthew

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