Dyspraxia & Apraxia Support Group

I could say you are wrong, but, for the most part - there seems an element of truth. Unfortunately.

Though, in essence, if you were to spin it - the definition of dyspraxia is a further demonstration of diversity. How people, who, from birth, have had problems, but always, in the end, seem to come out on top. There's an awful lot of perseverance in your average dyspraxic, something that many others just don't have.

But the thing is, nobody sees or appreciates our perseverance. If it were a visible disability, people would see it and appreciate the difficulties. But since it is invisible, impossible for me to explain, and many including people at my work do not even believe it exists, it is hard to keep persevering sometimes.

you should be glad that you are up to this level now.I have a daughter who is dyspraxic and i can't imagine her futeru. She is 12 years old and i am helpless as a mum not knowing how to help her to outcome this . how to teach her to say the time, count the money, read and write simple sentences...........how to catch a ball..... i am so helpless and depressed.

Don't get depressed buttercup64. My mum helped me without any special tuition or money. It just involves perseverance. Catching a ball for example - throw the ball to her until she catches it. I had a Koosh ball http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koosh... which was fun and really helped me. Games like piggy in the middle make it more fun, so do balls like the koosh. But basically we need to keep practising until we get things and it does take us a lot longer than non dyspraxics. I practised balancing by walking along walls on the way home from school as well as practising at school on the low bar in the gym. Skipping was one thing I was very proud of when I finally grasped it. Let her take her time and she will get things. My mum did get frustrated with me and thats fine, it is frustrating for the parent as well as the child. But she never stopped believing in me. She knew what I was capable of and pushed me to achieve that, even though I was never top of the class.