What is Dyspraxia Apraxia
The Dyspraxia Foundation describes developmental dyspraxia as "an impairment or immaturity of the organisation of movement. It is an immaturity of the way the brain processes infor...
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last year my son who is 8 now was diagnosed with adhd. the technique used for diagnosis was sitting talking to me for 3 or so hours and ignoring my son..when they said..."here give him ritalin"...i laughed and walked out...obviously, i know there are problems for my son, so i have been trying to fing out about what else it could be. i know he does not have adhd, maybe abit of add, but having read the signs of dyspraxia, i feel quite sure this is what he has. his co-ordination is ok, but he still eats with his fingers and has real trouble with a knife and fork. his school are saying they aren't worried, so i am having to do everything myself, because i know he has trouble with certain things. he gets really emotional as well and cries if people shout, even if its not at him. his writing is very below his ability, as he has trouble holding a pen....is that all down to the co-ordination difficulites that i keep reading about tho? i am really getting so frustrated, because as he is getting older, i have had no recognition from anyone of the problems he has every day. we have an appointment at a new gp next week, but i don't know whether to say "can you look at dyspraxia please?" or just to outline all the problems he has and let them decide from there?...i am frustrated, like i say as the last time we went to see a specialist via referral, and he was diagnosed with the adhd. look forward to hearing from people and hope to get a better understanding of how to approach the doctors!!! thank you xxx any other suggestions about what his problems may be caused by much appreciated xx
Posted on 05/01/08, 07:05 am |
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Hi. Your son may have dyspraxia but in my opinion doctors/specialists are not always necessary, I have also found this with my diabetes. I never had any medication or specialists sitting by me at school. I had extra help with simple physical tasks such as catching a ball and skipping and balancing on a bar, and I learnt the piano to improve my co-ordination, but the main thing was the determination of my mother and sister to help me and understand my frustration. They understood it but did not give in, they made me do things even though I felt frustrated and thought I couldn't. I also used grips on pencils and I love the Tombow Egg pen (http://www.tomboweurope.com/schreibgeraete/tinten_egg.html) - it is so much easier for me to hold than a normal long thin biro. But nowadays most people do not handwrite anything, computers are so helpful for us. Also helpful are programmes like Mavis Beacon to learn typing. As for the meltdowns, there have been one or two recent threads about them which should still be viewable. 
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My son is 16 and Dispraxic as I am also Dislexic BP nad Auspergers me too.
He has passed his 16+ exams now doing accountacy and statistics at higher level. Then will do IT and business. Me well am also Chiari etc and was an accountant, ran business, git two degrees doing third Masters. Also am a Lawyer and practised commercial law for 17 years. We can do ANYTHING NO FEAR NO LIMITS NO SHAME.
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