Dyspraxia

  1. Kami
    Kami
    1 in 10 males have it (So I have heard), but hardly anyone even knows what it is, which is rather odd I find, considering what it is.
    For those who don't know:
    Speech/Language difficulties:

    Difficulties controlling the speech organs.
    Difficulties making speech sounds
    Difficulty sequencing sounds

    • Within a word
    • Forming words into sentences

    Difficulty controlling breathing and phonation.
    Slow language development.
    Difficulty with feeding.
    Fine motor control difficulties:
    Learning basic movement patterns.
    Developing a desired writing speed.
    The acquisition of graphemes – e.g. the letters of the Latin alphabet, as well as numbers.
    Establishing the correct pencil grip
    Hand aching while writing (THIS is a *****- kami)
    Whole body control difficulties:
    Poor timing
    Poor balance (sometimes even falling over in mid-step) Tripping over one's own feet is also not uncommon.
    Difficulty combining movements into a controlled sequence.
    Difficulty remembering the next movement in a sequence.
    Problems with spatial awareness, or proprioception
    Some people with dyspraxia have trouble picking up and holding onto simple objects due to poor muscle tone.
    This disorder can cause an individual to be clumsy to the point of knocking things over and bumping into people accidentally.
    Some dyspraxics have difficulty in determining left from right.
    Cross-laterality, ambidexterity, and a shift in the preferred hand are also common in people with dyspraxia.
    Dyspraxics may also have trouble determining the distance between them and other objects.
    General Difficulties:
    Over/Undersensitivity with regards to any of the senses, or temperature.
    Prone to panic attacks
    Fatigue from simple tasks
    Hypotonia
    Prone to outburst
    Disorganisation
    Mood swings
    Difficulty understanding everyday interactions
    Overlaps with:
    Dyslexia
    Dyscalculia
    Expressive Language Disorder
    ADHD
    Asperger's Syndrome
    Dyspraxics, it is important to understand, do not have all of the above, just a selection; some are brilliant at maths, some struggle with the ten times table.

    Is it just me, or does some serious awareness-raising need to be done about this condition?
  2. piet11111
    piet11111
    crap most of this applies to me
  3. Pirate turtle the 11th
    Pirate turtle the 11th
    Pain in the arse really init


    yeah we need to raise awareness but do it carfuly so us and the rest of the dyspraxic crew dont get called retards
  4. blank
    blank
    i guess i have this as well. many of those apply to me. learn something new today
  5. Fullmetal Anarchist
    Fullmetal Anarchist
    Yeah there should be more awareness. So what do we do?