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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
I got actually diagnosed at the age of 21, I usually just thought it was normal and I was just a bit clumsy and stuff. It was fulfilling to get diagnosed and know what I was dealing with. Cause my whole life, I've been punished for it in class.
I only found out a week ago that I might have dyspraxia. I didn't learn to write properly until 5th grade when I started teaching myself, I learned to ride a bike in 4th grade when everyone else learned it in 1st grade, I've been taught to swim for 10 years and I still can't swim, and now I'm struggling with learning to drive. I've always heard the same sentence "what's wrong with you?" Over and over and maybe this is it.
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
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
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.
i like to call dispraxia body doesn't compute disorder and yea i have the texture one it makes thing's feel uncomfortable like being struck with electricity going through my finger's down my arm and up my spine and it just feel's horrible and uncomfortable with me i get it with wool and fluff like textures
My son is 7 and has dyspraxia. He is verrrrrrrrry picky about textures! Clothing, food, sheets on his bed lol He goes round the house with no shirt most days, as none of his is "good" enough lol (his words).
STAY PUFT STUDIOS 21 yep stuck with it forever. kind of sucks I feel like life would be easier without it but than again I wouldn’t be the same person I am today and probably my hidden talent of making colorful arts out of having bad fine motor skills lol
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.
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....
MissPickletoes he needs coping skills. I started a grad school program in the summer, and was recently diagnosed with aspergers/autism spectrum. It was invisible my whole life, but I knew I was different. In fact I come from the Autism spectrum capital of the world (down the street from apple campus in fact, a company known for aspie pride, minus the labels), and tons of my high school classmates had aspie genes/behavior but were still typical leaning enough I was a weirdo. In order for me to continue professional development, I need some therapy and I'm going to be learning about how children with disabilities learn social skills. And things aren't all bad, I may lack some skills needed to work and teach students, but the diagnosis explains why I want to teach. I have a passion for math and patterns. I relate to children, and they to me. I'm also very good at understanding how students struggle with learning. Despite being intelligent by definition, aspies often feel like they have cobbled bits of every single learning disability. It is a problem that high school students half my age are further ahead of me socially (it's rather obvious), who knew, in having trouble getting a job because I don't party, drink or have sex.
Yes. I'm 41 and I have not been diagnosed yet a special school has certified me with a diploma in two of three child oriented careers. Children of all ages need better and more accurate diagnosis and treatment. I grew up maltreated by a lot of people some really were clueless about my behaviors.
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.
How did you manage the challenges you faced? I'm training as a midwife but may not make it and I feel a chunk of it is the dyspraxia which I wasn't aware of until over 2/3 the way there
i just found out about dyspraxia and my stomach dropped from how I had almost every symptom. I always wondered what was wrong with me and it just makes so much sense. i’m in nursing school now and struggling so baf
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
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!
Leah !! I have dyspraxia, adhd, ocd, and sensory processing disorder. I agree on being more educated on disorders that are less common I feel like everyone tends to focus on the more common disorders and not beeping awareness being spread for most conditions. If you have an insta I highly recommend checking out the dyspraxia pie challenge that’s spreading awareness
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)
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.
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
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.
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!
I was born in a poor family and I have 5 brothers and sisters. They were sometimes cruel to me but my parents were far worse. My dad get angry when I failed to understand him and he said that I was useless My mum said that I was slow enough to "search for Death". It is a Portuguese saying. I also hated physical education and my grades on artd and crafts were low. I even felt ashamed to eat in public because I had a hard time using cuttlery and I made a mess while eating. When I started working it was even worse because I was completely on my own and I had a very hard time addapting. Thus I was more prone to abuse from my work mates.
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
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.
Thank you for this video, I'm a child with dyspraxia and its really tough because my friends are very physical and sporty and so to keep up with them is very hard and its given me a better understanding :)
Jonny Speer I know exactly how you feel 100%. My nicknames in PE were "spaz" and "butterfingers". When I finished PE I thought these problems would go away, but then I moved to Oregon. Everyone here hikes and plays football.
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.
Chris Talliss ugh, same here. I used to work at administration division, and my co-worker thought that I'm peculiar for not typing in computer properly
Chris Talliss The reason why boss still want to keep me in the office is I'm a hardworker, and a non-excuse worker. I think I need that kind of work ethic, to balance it, because I'm dyspraxia
Chris Talliss The reason why boss still want to keep me in the office is I'm a hardworker, and a non-excuse worker. I think I need that kind of work ethic, to balance it, because I'm dyspraxia
I have dyspraxia and couldn’t read until I was 10 with lots of help from teachers and family and still struggle with writing neatly lucky I was diagnosed as I always thought I was just stupid I am 30 years old now and although I do get very depressed and down on myself you must remember that it is an imbalance of your brain and you can do anything you set your mind too. I snowboard and box also have been a sou chef for 6 years before COVID hit. Be proud and fight hard for what you want! Dyspraxia does not define who YOU are!! You do!! The most creative people are never normal. I find that we have a different out look that can be very valuable. Don’t give up on yourself!!!
This comment really made my thank you so much!! I struggle with writing a LOT and it makes me wonder if I should get a diagnosis for this. Also please know that you are not alone~
@@SonyaKhanOfficial thank you I actually hate sharing this with people as I’ve found no matter who it is they will judge you for it but if I can help one person see that they have value it’s worth it. Have a blessed one 👍
@Harry Groundwater Bro you got this just keep in education and find a creative outlet the worst thing I did at your age was just thinking I was useless and got stoned which set me back years as it led to me hanging with the wrong crowd that actually kept me from my full potential I find my dyspraxia is a blessing and a curse. Find the blessing and go with it weather it’s drama art sport design&technology. You won’t find what suits you straight away so don’t give up! You only lose when you give up! You got this bro
my partner's eldest daughter has dyspraxia and like most kids with this she is on the autistic spectrum, she has overcome so much. awsome kid. obsessed with spiderman and goes to college to study tv and film makeup and prosthetics. she worked in a hairdresser to gain work experience and had nothing but good feedback from all the customers. proper proud of her. it is not a disability at all, she just thinks differently, and in my book that's a good thing.
I have dyspraxia and i had a teacher who keeps kind of like making fun of my hand writing, i wanna tell her why buy im scared. Im to anti social. A lot of my symptems i have gotten better with through doing wrestling. Like balance i have improved on (i still lack it) but when i talk i kind of stutter a little because i cant pronounce something and i need a little more time. Dyspraxia is one of the main reasons with depression (also dermatophagia) causes depression but this video has helped so thank you for not getting anything wrong.
Im 21. I knew I was dyslexic since I was a child, but it wasn't until getting re tested for it a few years back that I found out I was dyspraxic as well. Didn't even know what it was. So when I found out what it was I realized why I was so clumsy. Something I didn't know however until seeing this video is that being dyspraxic can effect the way you speak. For many years I have been self-conscious of how I speak. People would often not understand what I was saying, so because of this I tend to not talk to people if I can avoid it. But now I know why this is happening after watching this video. Edit: I also have memory problems too. Mostly remembering names. This video really made me understand a lot about myself.
I'm the same 🙈 my dyspraxia is most prominent in how I speak. I know what I want to say but can never articulate it in the same way verbally as I had in my head! My memory problems are getting worse I feel. I was also diagnosed with dyslexia at the same time. I was 19 when I found out and had no help through school 🙈
@@cerihughes3742 I know some people who also didnt have help through school even though they had proven they are dyslexic. But the problem was that they where not "Dyslexic enough" to be allowed to have extra help. So when doing tests i was always allowed to have about 15 - 20 minutes more then others. But the guy I know was not given the same privilege, which I think was not ok. They should have been given the same benefits as me. Also i completely understand not being able to say what you think. I often try and explain things to people, but cant do it because I dont know how. I have had many situations such as during my driving test where this happened. I often tried to explain why I couldn't take a turn, pass a car, etc. The instucter always thought I was trying to explain why something I did wasn't my fault, when in fact it was the opposite. I tried to explain how it WAS my fault, but could never get it across. So because of these problems, I prefer to type, instead of speak to people, as i find it easier to convey my thoughts.
I remember when my brother told me that my tone of voice changes when I speak in a sentences. ============================He noticed that I was speaking from loud voice to low voice. ============================I also tend speak too fast without being aware of it, so my brother often told me to speak slowly. ============================
Kevin Tep me too, I speak really quite and I don’t know why or notice then when someone tells me to speak up it’s too fast. Same with speed 😂 if I didn’t laugh about it I would cry 😂
Kevin Tep I’ve always spoke in a low voice and have wondered if it where related to the dyspraxia my whole life everyone told me to speak up but I always heard my self as talking loud or something eventually I got the hang of controlling the volume of voice sometimes I do talk too loud
I don’t know if this is a thing, but I have dyspraxia and my friends would always tell me I walked weird (eg. when I was walking down the road, I walk left right left right, never going in one straight line.) Is this a thing???
Nice job. There is often an overlapping of Dyspraxia and Dyslexia. I rarely see children diagnosed with Dyspraxia here even though they have it but in other countries like England it is more widely diagnosed. Thanks for this video. Shell of "Recovering autism ADHD and Special Needs," introduced on youtube.
I never had to worry about being burgled, because my house always looked like it had already been ransacked lol. Never even locked my doors because I kept on losing the keys or locking myself out.
Can dyspraxia effect the speed that you read? I have dyspraxia and I enjoy reading but I’m extremely slow and lose the line I’m on often but no matter how much I read my speed isn’t improving
Ever since I was young I’ve had horrible handwriting, balance, talking, etc and when I got diagnosed and started going to physical therapy I have been so much better with basic skills I hope dyspraxia gets talked about more due to me getting tired of explaining it to every teacher I have
A few of my Teachers throughout the years have suggested that I may have dyspraxia; my handwriting is horrendous and I didn’t learn to ride a bike until I was thirteen, and I tend to walk “without purpose” as my family would put it, never in a straight line. I tend to mumble a little bit and it takes effort to control my voice and be aware of my volume. I’m not entirely sure as some areas of my “symptoms” are more extreme than others so I might just be clumsy and absent-minded. Does anyone know how one would go about getting more answers in this kind of thing and going about getting a diagnosis, I think it would be helpful in being able to type future exams in university, which has helped me loads at this stage of my education.
My son was treated for dyspraxia at the age of 14. I'd read in the Mail at the time (I am going back 33 years now) that there was a treatment centre in Chester, so long ago now I cannot remember the name of it. They had therapists around the country and we went privately to one in Saffron Walden Essex. She said it was to do with the fact as a baby he wasn't shutting off his milestones properly and this stopped him moving on. I had a difficult birth and he was extracted with ventouse and he had a small lump on his head for some time...whether is was the cause, I do not know. One of the key markers was, he didn't crawl, he eventually walked at 18 months, but she said crawling was important they learn co-ordination and distances. He did lots of very small exercises, very slowly with her and at home for around a year. Before this treatment I doubted he would even get a job on leaving school. After the treatment he started to read books and before he couldn't swim properly, he could do his arms but not his legs after he could swim properly. At age just 17 he passed his driving test. I thank the Lord we discovered what was actually wrong, as the school never flagged up anything and so please he got the help he needed.
I defiantly have Dyspraxia and I'm 20 now. I never learned how to ride a bike my balance is terrible and my handwriting is terrible I talk to quiet and I sometimes drop things because i don't grab them tight enough. I wonder why my teachers never noticed all they did was put me in recourse or extra help classes that they could that I always knew I didn't need but never tried to figure out what I had I guess they thought if I put her in all these classes I guess one of them will help her.
Had this all my life just recently realized why I felt so deferent in school was due to my memory deficits I new I was about average with intelligence levels but could never figure out why I was slower until I learned about this disorder
Even though having a disorder of some kind can be really challenging to most other people some days including myself, being challenged by the things you struggle and have difficulties with is only the beginning about what your'e truly going to face later in life because if you don't practice or study the things that you struggle with most then you're going to fall behind in life because your'e not doing anything about how or what things you need to improve or modify so, that's why I think having disorder can sometimes be a fun and adventurous journey. "I myself diagnosed with "OCD, ADHD, and a mixed Language Disorder."
Nobody here in the states knows what dyspraxia is besides specialists. I actually didn't know I had it until I was an adult going through old cassettes & found a recording from a speech therapist. Somehow this info didn't get to my evil parochial school teachers. I had to drop out and now I'm stuck in a rut. 🤷♂️
I am 26 and I think I have dyspraxia too because I forget everything, I have a hard time doing daily tasks... It becomes a frustration for me and I take time to do stuffs too....I can't seem to hurry up...I am clumsy when I walk, I bump unto stuffs and end up hurting myself....I fall down many times I don't know why....I cannot seem to hold something properly...And I have difficulties to focus....
a really good way that it can be treated is get a person or kid to play video games it can be any time i personally have been playing FPS games all my life since i was 4 my first game was halo combat evolved and over time i learnt how to control it believe me do not let people tell you that you wont ever be able to write or do fine motor skills you can im currently 16 and i have noticed it more but its made me a better player and i play much better on a comp level however my balance is really bad now i stumble way too often but that might not be my dyspraxia
I'm wondering if my husband has this or something close. He's not clumsy, but he has problems with understanding basic tasks. I watched him struggle with trying to get a wrench on a bolt. I was trying to explain to him that it's a male/female joint so it has to line up to get it in, but he continued to struggle with it. He also tried using an apple slicer upside down and ended up slicing his hand because of it. I tried to teach him some basic cooking skills as well, and it seems like he can't fully grasp safety and proper form. I know when he was born, he had the cord wrapped around him, so he was blue. As a result, he has a slight stutter in his speech. He seems to not only not grasp something, but he doesn't plan the actual action. Do you think this is a sign of dyspraxia?
MegIA he has been like this forever?? I'm sure you know your husband best, but honestly you sound a lot like my mom so I think lots of marriages sound like this (but don't let me discount you're real thoughts. Like I said he's your husband). I think you're going to need to be more specific. When I was born my mom was depressed (like women do after giving birth from time to time), and she needed my dad to stir fry some vegetables for dinner and she said his stupidity made her meltdown depressed. Eventually we kind of learned that it's because my mom does EVERYTHING for him so some things are dumb like picking out clothes, cooking food, buttoning shirts putting in socks. He can take care of himself. He learned how to cook so we know he can so mom can cook out of joy in her heart again. But for frame of reference, me, my father and grandfather are all on Autism Spectrum, so women are still wondering what the hell is wrong with all the men?!?! Since we are Asian and my parents don't really have the language to talk about ASDs, my mom just thinks it's normal for men to be rude, incapable and rigid, but smart, focused and loyal. My dad talked to me about women for the first time a month ago. I'm 29... he didn't have good advice. He said he couldn't figure out why "this woman (mom) was so easily offended".
I have been diagnosed at 21, a bit late, but a lot of confusion has been solved. With this knowledge I could have saved embarrassment in dance classes. But what is interesting is I can move my body to a beat very well, like freestyle dancing, it comes naturally, but when it comes to following steps I'm hopeless. This may be because of another symptom of my dyspraxia being that I'm hyper-sensitive to sound. I am interested how Dyspraxia could benefit me in other ways, rather than seeing it as solely limiting. For example at the moment I'm learning instruments in hopes of turning my dyspraxia into a gift.
Sofie, sometimes the things that are your gifts are those abilities that you have which you take for granted. For instance, my son who has dyspraxia can read very quickly and has amazing almost word for word recall of what he has read. I see it as a gift; he simply scoffs at that notion! :D
Sofie Redfern have you looked in autism spectrum? It has co morbidity with dyspraxia, and might explain your affinity to music. It also manifests extremely differently in girls and women so you might have spent your life being skilled at socializing but it's still good to look into.
I have dyspraxia I fall about once a month I’m seeing a neurologist soon and I’m pretty much normal I was in special Ed through high school but I was able to get a regents diploma yay 😁 I’m good as far as I’m concerned I’m really lucky
I'm 35 with learning disabilities, this sounds like me tho I'm not sure. My writing was terrible as a kid and is still pretty bad now I'm definitely uncoordinated. And I had problems with strength in my hands. Difficulty completing tasks ...I think I have all of them.
This video is a disservice to people with Dyspraxia and severely underestimates the difficulties at every level of dysfunction. The audio quality is inexcusable.
Sorry to hear your having such a tough time. :( I'm interested was you diagnosed with dyspraxia as a kid or was it when you was older? I was about 3 when I was diagnosed with dyspraxia. It sounds like your suffering from depression or at least some form of it... have you gone to see your doctor about it?
I married to a non English first language speaker and she is better at English then me. I could never spell or talk right. Makes adulthood hard when you trip over your tongue. Playing sorts and things helped me with falling and running into things. As an adult I have spinal issues so every part of this effects me randomly and makes other humans think I’m stupid or lazy. I have walked into the same wall over and over at the house I grew up in. Some years it’s fine and some years it is constant. Imagine being at a job and suddenly running into walls , counters, dripping things… no matter how you explain they will all think you drank on your lunch break or what ever else. You could be I. One persons vision the whole 8 hours and still they will think somehow you ingested a substance. So what do you do? Never take a break so your brain can feel better about it and burn yourself out, or take a break and then be paranoid the last half of the day after… I normally pick no break but it doesn’t not help😊
i have quite a bit of difficulty trying to plan/complete anything but all of the other things you mentioned affected me, do i have Dyspraxia or am i just very good at procrastinating
RV3N check all of his videos you may find interesting stuff. Self diagnosis is weird. I'm self diagnosed ASD, but I wouldn't have if a special education professor hadn't asked if I'm an aspie. Like I know it exists, but there's no way I have it. My father would have said something. Or my grandpa. All three of us are on spectrum now. They don't speak English primarily so they have different words to describe it, one time a lady said "hey you have insomnia because you have the experiment obsession type personality" in mandarin. All I'm saying is maybe you'll find a label maybe not but people have been ignoring and coping with their learning disabilities and mental health issues. My hard diagnosis begins today, but I'm a bit old for diagnosis.
Very interresting! I got a question and i hope i'll find an answer here! We know that autism especially asperger , dysphasia and dyspraxia impacts on speech , for example each of dysphasia and dyspraxia may influence the oral expression because of articulation's difficulties , this can lead to a developpement of a certain accent , on the other hand , people with asperger often have a strange accent even eventhow in their native language which is my case ! I mean i'm not dignosticated , not yet but i got a strange accent in my native language which seems really weird! So my question is how can we make the difference between all of them?How can we sure that's due to such disability or autism?!
I thought this was me. Yep, it's definitely me. Now to wait until I'm 18 so I get get a diagnosis, if a psychiatrist thinks my self-diagnosis is correct 👍👍
I really don’t know if I got it I’m dyslexic and think I might be dysgraphic with dyspraxia idk I speak quickly and mess up a lot if it’s dyslexia or dyspraxia idk
I don’t know if I have dyspraxia but I have poor hand eye coordination which might be really effecting my driving abilities to get my drivers license like parallel parking I don’t know I just know i have kept practicing my driving skills and I have failed my parking test more than 20 times and I am 19 and it’s embarrassing it really is and I don’t what to do I have really tried my best and I am only assuming that something is going wrong or that I might have an issue with hand eye coordination or dyspraxia I really don’t know but I know something is wrong.
Thankyou for this video, my son 11 and has only just been diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia , I have never heard of dyspraxia until recently so very interested if finding out all I can so I can understand my boy .
Drop me a message if you have any questions, only got diagnosed with at 23 I'm afraid but anything I can do to help someone else with it would be incredible
I have a hard time walking correctly and unnucniating my words or using the right pronouncingations with words. I'll say "cute" but not use the "u" in cute to say "kyoot" it'll be a totally different vowel
Came here after watching a WatchData's video, it said that not knowing how to tie up shoelaces might be possible symptom of having dyspraxia. And now, I'm afraid that I have dyspraxia as well 💀 My handwriting was never the best in our class, even though I was praised to be a quick learner, I still don't know how to tie nooses or anything of that sort. Heck, I don't even know how to swim or ride a bicycle... And now I'm scared of talking about this with my parents, what should I do, netizens?
I got diagnosed with dyspraxia but my whole life I have wanted to be an artist but everything I draw look so bad I’m looking for ways to help dyspraxia so I can draw properly
I've over 15 signs and symptoms yet it's never been diagnosed. To me it's unprofessional not to diagnose since I still have it and had it since my birth.
I was born with mixed crebral Palsy after birth and even though I has herpes and stuff I still had problems but I'm doing the best I can through adulthood. It is a mild form it is due to premature birth however I do use walker I've been using a walker ever since 2011.
I was diagnosed with Dandy Walker Syndrome but a lot of the things me tioned here I seem to have. I guess its possible to have both because my best friend has Cerebral Palsy and he has some of the problems caused by Dyspaxia
This sounds exactly like me as a child, I struggle in sports, I went to speech therapy, I can't regulate my volume well, bump into things... I thought I was just stupid. It also turns out I have ADHD and apparently they go together frequently. Am I not just...stupid? Is there a reason?
I think it’s cause dyspraxia focuses on motor skills and the ability to know how your going to do something. Adhd focuses on hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity. ASD focuses on difficulty with social interaction and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. But they all are very comorbid. Like for example 50-70% of people with asd also have adhd. And 89% of people who have adhd also have dyspraxia. If you have adhd and you see yourself struggling with problems related to dyspraxia Theres a high chance you have it. Same for if you have adhd and struggle with asd like symptoms . The symptoms for them are “similar” but in reality you likely just have both. But I’m not a doctor I’m just someone whose diagnosed with AuDHD, and have been researching these topics online for a couple of months.
I am a 21 year old with dyspraxia. I was always wonderful in dance because the rhythm was something that was easy and simple and actually my dyspraxia made it easier to do. However, writing, strength, body awareness and balance are my worst contenders. Sometimes writing is hard for me and I will grip the pen or pencil until my hands turn white because I dont realize how much focus I am putting into my trying to write better. I bump into things every single day and sometimes have a hard time balancing at my front desk at work if I am moving too quickly. Ive had to find my own ways around this as I got older since the last help of any kind I had, I was 11. People joke about me dropping things or how "clumsy" I am, but it isn't easy to live with. You're supposed to be an adult, you're supposed to be something different and it's been hard for me to be something that isn't constantly forgetting the smallest details or falling over without any stimulus. Everyday is a task.
i have dyspraxis i took many of the steps that you suggested when i was around 3-10 years old i am now 15 years old i had and still have some problems with speech but never problems with sports or running or anything like that is it common to only have one side of it?
Yes. Try researching Apraxia of Speech. You can have the speech component without it being 'whole body'. Working your tongue and really exercising it does help with articulation! Think about trying some Comedy Improv or Drama at school?
IIdrippingII I'm beginning the process of being diagnosed for ASD. It kinda feels like I have a ton of learning disabilities, but none of them are complete. Like hyperactive but no attention deficiency. Dysgrafia, but only in motor skill, not writing ability (though my grammar is messed up too immigrant family background), a hell of a lot of parts of OCD, dyscalcula (only math major with it), even some slight Tourette's type symptoms (they say epilepsy is co morbid with ASD along with that motor issue), which goes straight to motor issues! As someone with ASD, I think our dyspraxia is at a very similar status (of having parts of problems). I'm horribly non athletic, but I'm capable of cutting/building/sewing. I think it compares fine and gross motor skills or something. I was ok ish at sports but it went straight to hell in high school. Clumsy. Can't catch. Get hit a lot. Fall on my ass playing hackey sack. For people with ASD solo sports is the game to play. Golfing, marksman, running?? I've heard aspies can be phenomenal runners but it's so much cardio. The cool thing about this is that I wouldn't change anything about me, and neither should you!
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I have undiagnosed Adult Dyspraxia. Watching from London.
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
little boy has been in trouble to first year at high school, I wonder where the hell the primary school has been
ya i cant write well and my teacher told me she couldn't read my writing at all and sent it around the class for people to see
@@mr.axolotl8095 that teacher was wrong for doing that.
I got actually diagnosed at the age of 21, I usually just thought it was normal and I was just a bit clumsy and stuff. It was fulfilling to get diagnosed and know what I was dealing with. Cause my whole life, I've been punished for it in class.
I only found out a week ago that I might have dyspraxia. I didn't learn to write properly until 5th grade when I started teaching myself, I learned to ride a bike in 4th grade when everyone else learned it in 1st grade, I've been taught to swim for 10 years and I still can't swim, and now I'm struggling with learning to drive. I've always heard the same sentence "what's wrong with you?" Over and over and maybe this is it.
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
Yes seen as clumsy the Harry Potter actor has it he mentions it how he struggles with handwriting
I have Dyspraxia and I need to thank you for explaining it correctly and not getting anything wrong. So, thank you.
Dude i have it to
Thanks
Same
i also have dyspraxia im not really good with talking nor i cant tie my laces so
@@mr.axolotl8095 it took me at least ten years to tie laces .. maybe 13 lol
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
What type of treatment did you get?
Do you think it’s best to tell our child or not tell him? Do you think him not knowing means he won’t use it as an excuse?
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.
i like to call dispraxia body doesn't compute disorder and yea i have the texture one it makes thing's feel uncomfortable like being struck with electricity going through my finger's down my arm and up my spine and it just feel's horrible and uncomfortable with me i get it with wool and fluff like textures
Im 12 and still have stabelisers can i have some luck from a fellow dyspraxic😂
My son is 7 and has dyspraxia. He is verrrrrrrrry picky about textures! Clothing, food, sheets on his bed lol He goes round the house with no shirt most days, as none of his is "good" enough lol (his words).
AliEvaMari you probably already have them but if not sensory toys are great
I couldn't ride till I was 10 but i just kept trying and now i am 15 and mountain bike and can do crazy things on a bike it's all just about practice
Long live dyspraxians
Long live Dyspraxians indeed.
I'm a dysrpaxian LONG LIVE MEH!
STAY PUFT STUDIOS 21 yep stuck with it forever. kind of sucks I feel like life would be easier without it but than again I wouldn’t be the same person I am today and probably my hidden talent of making colorful arts out of having bad fine motor skills lol
Heck yeah brother!
@@97AshleyRose same.
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.
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.
That's not 100% true. I'm a former athlete and with Dyspraxia my skills vary in every sport I participated in.
Maybe you level in dyspraxia is mild. It differs from person to person.
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....
MissPickletoes he needs coping skills.
I started a grad school program in the summer, and was recently diagnosed with aspergers/autism spectrum. It was invisible my whole life, but I knew I was different. In fact I come from the Autism spectrum capital of the world (down the street from apple campus in fact, a company known for aspie pride, minus the labels), and tons of my high school classmates had aspie genes/behavior but were still typical leaning enough I was a weirdo.
In order for me to continue professional development, I need some therapy and I'm going to be learning about how children with disabilities learn social skills. And things aren't all bad, I may lack some skills needed to work and teach students, but the diagnosis explains why I want to teach. I have a passion for math and patterns. I relate to children, and they to me. I'm also very good at understanding how students struggle with learning. Despite being intelligent by definition, aspies often feel like they have cobbled bits of every single learning disability.
It is a problem that high school students half my age are further ahead of me socially (it's rather obvious), who knew, in having trouble getting a job because I don't party, drink or have sex.
I relate so much! I also have adhd and all of those combined make organising stressful but needed and sports in school is 😬🥲
Yes. I'm 41 and I have not been diagnosed yet a special school has certified me with a diploma in two of three child oriented careers. Children of all ages need better and more accurate diagnosis and treatment. I grew up maltreated by a lot of people some really were clueless about my behaviors.
Same
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.
How did you manage the challenges you faced? I'm training as a midwife but may not make it and I feel a chunk of it is the dyspraxia which I wasn't aware of until over 2/3 the way there
i just found out about dyspraxia and my stomach dropped from how I had almost every symptom. I always wondered what was wrong with me and it just makes so much sense. i’m in nursing school now and struggling so baf
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
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!
Leah !! I have dyspraxia, adhd, ocd, and sensory processing disorder. I agree on being more educated on disorders that are less common I feel like everyone tends to focus on the more common disorders and not beeping awareness being spread for most conditions. If you have an insta I highly recommend checking out the dyspraxia pie challenge that’s spreading awareness
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)
do a marshal art it helps jodo good gate way I moved my way up
I have dyspraia and I am nearly 13
@@shylaghai9629 Welcome to the Fucking Club
never give up
Samee PE class is hard for me I’m 16 .
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.
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
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.
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!
I was born in a poor family and I have 5 brothers and sisters. They were sometimes cruel to me but my parents were far worse. My dad get angry when I failed to understand him and he said that I was useless
My mum said that I was slow enough to "search for Death". It is a Portuguese saying. I also hated physical education and my grades on artd and crafts were low. I even felt ashamed to eat in public because I had a hard time using cuttlery and I made a mess while eating. When I started working it was even worse because I was completely on my own and I had a very hard time addapting. Thus I was more prone to abuse from my work mates.
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
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.
Thank you for this video, I'm a child with dyspraxia and its really tough because my friends are very physical and sporty and so to keep up with them is very hard and its given me a better understanding :)
Jonny Speer I know exactly how you feel 100%. My nicknames in PE were "spaz" and "butterfingers".
When I finished PE I thought these problems would go away, but then I moved to Oregon. Everyone here hikes and plays football.
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.
Chris Talliss ugh, same here. I used to work at administration division, and my co-worker thought that I'm peculiar for not typing in computer properly
Chris Talliss The reason why boss still want to keep me in the office is I'm a hardworker, and a non-excuse worker. I think I need that kind of work ethic, to balance it, because I'm dyspraxia
Chris Talliss The reason why boss still want to keep me in the office is I'm a hardworker, and a non-excuse worker. I think I need that kind of work ethic, to balance it, because I'm dyspraxia
I have dyspraxia and couldn’t read until I was 10 with lots of help from teachers and family and still struggle with writing neatly lucky I was diagnosed as I always thought I was just stupid I am 30 years old now and although I do get very depressed and down on myself you must remember that it is an imbalance of your brain and you can do anything you set your mind too. I snowboard and box also have been a sou chef for 6 years before COVID hit. Be proud and fight hard for what you want! Dyspraxia does not define who YOU are!! You do!! The most creative people are never normal. I find that we have a different out look that can be very valuable. Don’t give up on yourself!!!
This comment really made my thank you so much!! I struggle with writing a LOT and it makes me wonder if I should get a diagnosis for this. Also please know that you are not alone~
@@SonyaKhanOfficial thank you I actually hate sharing this with people as I’ve found no matter who it is they will judge you for it but if I can help one person see that they have value it’s worth it. Have a blessed one 👍
@Harry Groundwater Bro you got this just keep in education and find a creative outlet the worst thing I did at your age was just thinking I was useless and got stoned which set me back years as it led to me hanging with the wrong crowd that actually kept me from my full potential I find my dyspraxia is a blessing and a curse. Find the blessing and go with it weather it’s drama art sport design&technology. You won’t find what suits you straight away so don’t give up! You only lose when you give up! You got this bro
my partner's eldest daughter has dyspraxia and like most kids with this she is on the autistic spectrum, she has overcome so much. awsome kid. obsessed with spiderman and goes to college to study tv and film makeup and prosthetics. she worked in a hairdresser to gain work experience and had nothing but good feedback from all the customers. proper proud of her. it is not a disability at all, she just thinks differently, and in my book that's a good thing.
I aslo looooove spideeman and the games movies and comixs and collect figures. Im gonna ger the paladone lamp with spiderman on the lamp post😊
I have dyspraxia and i had a teacher who keeps kind of like making fun of my hand writing, i wanna tell her why buy im scared. Im to anti social. A lot of my symptems i have gotten better with through doing wrestling. Like balance i have improved on (i still lack it) but when i talk i kind of stutter a little because i cant pronounce something and i need a little more time. Dyspraxia is one of the main reasons with depression (also dermatophagia) causes depression but this video has helped so thank you for not getting anything wrong.
Im 21. I knew I was dyslexic since I was a child, but it wasn't until getting re tested for it a few years back that I found out I was dyspraxic as well. Didn't even know what it was. So when I found out what it was I realized why I was so clumsy. Something I didn't know however until seeing this video is that being dyspraxic can effect the way you speak. For many years I have been self-conscious of how I speak. People would often not understand what I was saying, so because of this I tend to not talk to people if I can avoid it. But now I know why this is happening after watching this video.
Edit: I also have memory problems too. Mostly remembering names. This video really made me understand a lot about myself.
I'm the same 🙈 my dyspraxia is most prominent in how I speak. I know what I want to say but can never articulate it in the same way verbally as I had in my head! My memory problems are getting worse I feel. I was also diagnosed with dyslexia at the same time. I was 19 when I found out and had no help through school 🙈
@@cerihughes3742 I know some people who also didnt have help through school even though they had proven they are dyslexic. But the problem was that they where not "Dyslexic enough" to be allowed to have extra help. So when doing tests i was always allowed to have about 15 - 20 minutes more then others. But the guy I know was not given the same privilege, which I think was not ok. They should have been given the same benefits as me. Also i completely understand not being able to say what you think. I often try and explain things to people, but cant do it because I dont know how. I have had many situations such as during my driving test where this happened. I often tried to explain why I couldn't take a turn, pass a car, etc. The instucter always thought I was trying to explain why something I did wasn't my fault, when in fact it was the opposite. I tried to explain how it WAS my fault, but could never get it across. So because of these problems, I prefer to type, instead of speak to people, as i find it easier to convey my thoughts.
Yes and it sucks because people make fun of the way you talk too
Vision therapy was also extremely helpful for us, to improve eye teaming and tracking.
I remember when my brother told me that my tone of voice changes when I speak in a sentences. ============================He noticed that I was speaking from loud voice to low voice. ============================I also tend speak too fast without being aware of it, so my brother often told me to speak slowly. ============================
Kevin Tep me too, I speak really quite and I don’t know why or notice then when someone tells me to speak up it’s too fast. Same with speed 😂 if I didn’t laugh about it I would cry 😂
same my brother would say inside voice and i'd reply *THIS IS MY INSIDE VOICE*
My voice went from 1 to a 100 real fast
Kevin Tep I’ve always spoke in a low voice and have wondered if it where related to the dyspraxia my whole life everyone told me to speak up but I always heard my self as talking loud or something eventually I got the hang of controlling the volume of voice sometimes I do talk too loud
I don’t know if this is a thing, but I have dyspraxia and my friends would always tell me I walked weird (eg. when I was walking down the road, I walk left right left right, never going in one straight line.) Is this a thing???
Nice job. There is often an overlapping of Dyspraxia and Dyslexia. I rarely see children diagnosed with Dyspraxia here even though they have it but in other countries like England it is more widely diagnosed. Thanks for this video. Shell of "Recovering autism ADHD and Special Needs," introduced on youtube.
Dyspraxia - when burgling your own house seems like a good idea.
I never had to worry about being burgled, because my house always looked like it had already been ransacked lol. Never even locked my doors because I kept on losing the keys or locking myself out.
@@hemiedwards217 my neither. I live in the country side and I always imagine beating up any burglar for some reason lol
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Its my exam.today and thankyou so much to explain so much better...
Im 28 and i have Dyspraxia and im proud to say it, I live my life normal as much as i can.
Thank you.
Can dyspraxia effect the speed that you read? I have dyspraxia and I enjoy reading but I’m extremely slow and lose the line I’m on often but no matter how much I read my speed isn’t improving
I have dyspraxia and everytime some asks what it is ima just tell them to watch this
Thank you for this educational video, I found it very useful.
This has been very helpful, thank you.
Ever since I was young I’ve had horrible handwriting, balance, talking, etc and when I got diagnosed and started going to physical therapy I have been so much better with basic skills I hope dyspraxia gets talked about more due to me getting tired of explaining it to every teacher I have
A few of my Teachers throughout the years have suggested that I may have dyspraxia; my handwriting is horrendous and I didn’t learn to ride a bike until I was thirteen, and I tend to walk “without purpose” as my family would put it, never in a straight line. I tend to mumble a little bit and it takes effort to control my voice and be aware of my volume. I’m not entirely sure as some areas of my “symptoms” are more extreme than others so I might just be clumsy and absent-minded. Does anyone know how one would go about getting more answers in this kind of thing and going about getting a diagnosis, I think it would be helpful in being able to type future exams in university, which has helped me loads at this stage of my education.
I have Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and some others and dejectedly I wasn't diagnosed with these. I have books on these and I have so much difficulties...
Thank you.
your welcome
Np
I have never heard of this before. Is it common for someone to jave both dyspraxia and aspergers syndrome?
Yes! I do
thank you for this, i was diagnosed like a week ago, and this is just me.
I just learned why i speak so softly and slow. I'm diagnosed with dyspraxia but I didn't know it was related
My son was treated for dyspraxia at the age of 14. I'd read in the Mail at the time (I am going back 33 years now) that there was a treatment centre in Chester, so long ago now I cannot remember the name of it. They had therapists around the country and we went privately to one in Saffron Walden Essex. She said it was to do with the fact as a baby he wasn't shutting off his milestones properly and this stopped him moving on. I had a difficult birth and he was extracted with ventouse and he had a small lump on his head for some time...whether is was the cause, I do not know. One of the key markers was, he didn't crawl, he eventually walked at 18 months, but she said crawling was important they learn co-ordination and distances. He did lots of very small exercises, very slowly with her and at home for around a year. Before this treatment I doubted he would even get a job on leaving school. After the treatment he started to read books and before he couldn't swim properly, he could do his arms but not his legs after he could swim properly. At age just 17 he passed his driving test. I thank the Lord we discovered what was actually wrong, as the school never flagged up anything and so please he got the help he needed.
I defiantly have Dyspraxia and I'm 20 now. I never learned how to ride a bike my balance is terrible and my handwriting is terrible I talk to quiet and I sometimes drop things because i don't grab them tight enough. I wonder why my teachers never noticed all they did was put me in recourse or extra help classes that they could that I always knew I didn't need but never tried to figure out what I had I guess they thought if I put her in all these classes I guess one of them will help her.
very common for dyspraxia not to be able to ride a bike, I think its to do with the balance
Had this all my life just recently realized why I felt so deferent in school was due to my memory deficits I new I was about average with intelligence levels but could never figure out why I was slower until I learned about this disorder
Even though having a disorder of some kind can be really challenging to most other people some days including myself, being challenged by the things you struggle and have difficulties with is only the beginning about what your'e truly going to face later in life because if you don't practice or study the things that you struggle with most then you're going to fall behind in life because your'e not doing anything about how or what things you need to improve or modify so, that's why I think having disorder can sometimes be a fun and adventurous journey. "I myself diagnosed with "OCD, ADHD, and a mixed Language Disorder."
I suffer from Dyspraxia it hurts when people bully you and being told by a person that it’s good I am disabled.
Nobody here in the states knows what dyspraxia is besides specialists. I actually didn't know I had it until I was an adult going through old cassettes & found a recording from a speech therapist. Somehow this info didn't get to my evil parochial school teachers. I had to drop out and now I'm stuck in a rut. 🤷♂️
I suffer from Dyspraxia it hurts when people bully you and being told by a person that it’s good I am disabled.
You should make a video of dygrafia very important ! Or is it the same as dyspraxia
I am 26 and I think I have dyspraxia too because I forget everything, I have a hard time doing daily tasks...
It becomes a frustration for me and I take time to do stuffs too....I can't seem to hurry up...I am clumsy when I walk, I bump unto stuffs and end up hurting myself....I fall down many times I don't know why....I cannot seem to hold something properly...And I have difficulties to focus....
a really good way that it can be treated is get a person or kid to play video games it can be any time i personally have been playing FPS games all my life since i was 4 my first game was halo combat evolved and over time i learnt how to control it believe me do not let people tell you that you wont ever be able to write or do fine motor skills you can im currently 16 and i have noticed it more but its made me a better player and i play much better on a comp level however my balance is really bad now i stumble way too often but that might not be my dyspraxia
My son regressed into autism at 3 and now his speech is coming back, but he has a hard time to articulate now
My son was diagnosed with it in 1991. 1 year after it was officially recognised by the medical profession.
I'm wondering if my husband has this or something close. He's not clumsy, but he has problems with understanding basic tasks. I watched him struggle with trying to get a wrench on a bolt. I was trying to explain to him that it's a male/female joint so it has to line up to get it in, but he continued to struggle with it. He also tried using an apple slicer upside down and ended up slicing his hand because of it. I tried to teach him some basic cooking skills as well, and it seems like he can't fully grasp safety and proper form. I know when he was born, he had the cord wrapped around him, so he was blue. As a result, he has a slight stutter in his speech. He seems to not only not grasp something, but he doesn't plan the actual action. Do you think this is a sign of dyspraxia?
MegIA he has been like this forever??
I'm sure you know your husband best, but honestly you sound a lot like my mom so I think lots of marriages sound like this (but don't let me discount you're real thoughts. Like I said he's your husband). I think you're going to need to be more specific. When I was born my mom was depressed (like women do after giving birth from time to time), and she needed my dad to stir fry some vegetables for dinner and she said his stupidity made her meltdown depressed.
Eventually we kind of learned that it's because my mom does EVERYTHING for him so some things are dumb like picking out clothes, cooking food, buttoning shirts putting in socks. He can take care of himself. He learned how to cook so we know he can so mom can cook out of joy in her heart again.
But for frame of reference, me, my father and grandfather are all on Autism Spectrum, so women are still wondering what the hell is wrong with all the men?!?! Since we are Asian and my parents don't really have the language to talk about ASDs, my mom just thinks it's normal for men to be rude, incapable and rigid, but smart, focused and loyal.
My dad talked to me about women for the first time a month ago. I'm 29... he didn't have good advice. He said he couldn't figure out why "this woman (mom) was so easily offended".
I have been diagnosed at 21, a bit late, but a lot of confusion has been solved. With this knowledge I could have saved embarrassment in dance classes. But what is interesting is I can move my body to a beat very well, like freestyle dancing, it comes naturally, but when it comes to following steps I'm hopeless. This may be because of another symptom of my dyspraxia being that I'm hyper-sensitive to sound. I am interested how Dyspraxia could benefit me in other ways, rather than seeing it as solely limiting. For example at the moment I'm learning instruments in hopes of turning my dyspraxia into a gift.
Sofie, sometimes the things that are your gifts are those abilities that you have which you take for granted. For instance, my son who has dyspraxia can read very quickly and has amazing almost word for word recall of what he has read. I see it as a gift; he simply scoffs at that notion! :D
Sofie Redfern have you looked in autism spectrum? It has co morbidity with dyspraxia, and might explain your affinity to music. It also manifests extremely differently in girls and women so you might have spent your life being skilled at socializing but it's still good to look into.
Very informative
The system let my son down... he’s now turning 18 soon and my heart breaks .....
The system is design to destroy dyspraxics specifically and kill them off one by one-
Hey I have dispraxia I wanted to figure out so I wat he’d this vid thx
I have bad handwriting and clumsy and buttoning but nothing is wrong with my speech and I do struggle with maths and subjects
I have dyspraxia I fall about once a month I’m seeing a neurologist soon and I’m pretty much normal I was in special Ed through high school but I was able to get a regents diploma yay 😁 I’m good as far as I’m concerned I’m really lucky
I'm 35 with learning disabilities, this sounds like me tho I'm not sure. My writing was terrible as a kid and is still pretty bad now I'm definitely uncoordinated. And I had problems with strength in my hands. Difficulty completing tasks ...I think I have all of them.
This video is a disservice to people with Dyspraxia and severely underestimates the difficulties at every level of dysfunction. The audio quality is inexcusable.
Sorry to hear your having such a tough time. :( I'm interested was you diagnosed with dyspraxia as a kid or was it when you was older? I was about 3 when I was diagnosed with dyspraxia. It sounds like your suffering from depression or at least some form of it... have you gone to see your doctor about it?
I married to a non English first language speaker and she is better at English then me. I could never spell or talk right. Makes adulthood hard when you trip over your tongue. Playing sorts and things helped me with falling and running into things. As an adult I have spinal
issues so every part of this effects me randomly and makes other humans think I’m stupid or lazy. I have walked into the same wall over and over at the house I grew up in. Some years it’s fine and some years it is constant. Imagine being at a job and suddenly running into walls , counters, dripping things… no matter how you explain they will all think you drank on your lunch break or what ever else. You could be I. One persons vision the whole 8 hours and still they will think somehow you ingested a substance. So what do you do? Never take a break so your brain can feel better about it and burn yourself out, or take a break and then be paranoid the last half of the day after… I normally pick no break but it doesn’t not help😊
I know my condition now
i have quite a bit of difficulty trying to plan/complete anything but all of the other things you mentioned affected me, do i have Dyspraxia or am i just very good at procrastinating
RV3N check all of his videos you may find interesting stuff.
Self diagnosis is weird.
I'm self diagnosed ASD, but I wouldn't have if a special education professor hadn't asked if I'm an aspie. Like I know it exists, but there's no way I have it. My father would have said something. Or my grandpa.
All three of us are on spectrum now. They don't speak English primarily so they have different words to describe it, one time a lady said "hey you have insomnia because you have the experiment obsession type personality" in mandarin.
All I'm saying is maybe you'll find a label maybe not but people have been ignoring and coping with their learning disabilities and mental health issues.
My hard diagnosis begins today, but I'm a bit old for diagnosis.
As someone with dyspraxia, this makes a bit of sense.
Right now with what we know I have dysxprsic tendency I'm gong yto be tezted and diagnosed to see if I actually have dyspriser
Very interresting! I got a question and i hope i'll find an answer here! We know that autism especially asperger , dysphasia and dyspraxia impacts on speech , for example each of dysphasia and dyspraxia may influence the oral expression because of articulation's difficulties , this can lead to a developpement of a certain accent , on the other hand , people with asperger often have a strange accent even eventhow in their native language which is my case ! I mean i'm not dignosticated , not yet but i got a strange accent in my native language which seems really weird! So my question is how can we make the difference between all of them?How can we sure that's due to such disability or autism?!
Closed caption please I have audio processing disorder
Same, it's odd that this video doesn't mention or accommodate the extensive sensory issues of dyspraxia which for many can be disabling on their own
I thought this was me. Yep, it's definitely me. Now to wait until I'm 18 so I get get a diagnosis, if a psychiatrist thinks my self-diagnosis is correct 👍👍
I have dyspraxia I’m in middle school my mum who I really love tried for 4 years to get me dignosed I can’t spell I’m only ten years old by the way
you write and express yourself very well for a 10 year old. Your Mum is lucky to have such a loving son.
I have diagnosed with dyspraxia 😢
Why don’t more practitioners/medical doctors/ specialist know about dyspraxia?
I really don’t know if I got it I’m dyslexic and think I might be dysgraphic with dyspraxia idk I speak quickly and mess up a lot if it’s dyslexia or dyspraxia idk
Hi my name shyla I'm nearly 13 and have dyspraia and can't chach or running
I'm going to forget all the words in 3 days. And I have to come back here again to remember.
I don’t know if I have dyspraxia but I have poor hand eye coordination which might be really effecting my driving abilities to get my drivers license like parallel parking I don’t know I just know i have kept practicing my driving skills and I have failed my parking test more than 20 times and I am 19 and it’s embarrassing it really is and I don’t what to do I have really tried my best and I am only assuming that something is going wrong or that I might have an issue with hand eye coordination or dyspraxia I really don’t know but I know something is wrong.
Thankyou for this video, my son 11 and has only just been diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia , I have never heard of dyspraxia until recently so very interested if finding out all I can so I can understand my boy .
Drop me a message if you have any questions, only got diagnosed with at 23 I'm afraid but anything I can do to help someone else with it would be incredible
@@oliviawood6417 thankyou so much that is very kind of u.
It's not just children
I have a hard time walking correctly and unnucniating my words or using the right pronouncingations with words. I'll say "cute" but not use the "u" in cute to say "kyoot" it'll be a totally different vowel
Came here after watching a WatchData's video, it said that not knowing how to tie up shoelaces might be possible symptom of having dyspraxia.
And now, I'm afraid that I have dyspraxia as well 💀
My handwriting was never the best in our class, even though I was praised to be a quick learner, I still don't know how to tie nooses or anything of that sort. Heck, I don't even know how to swim or ride a bicycle...
And now I'm scared of talking about this with my parents, what should I do, netizens?
I got diagnosed with dyspraxia but my whole life I have wanted to be an artist but everything I draw look so bad I’m looking for ways to help dyspraxia so I can draw properly
how to differentiate the symptoms with ADHD in girls in 6th y.o? Any idea?
I have never heard of this before. Is it common for someone to jave both dyspraxia and aspergers syndrome?
Idk I’ve been diagnose but I only have approximately three of the symptoms
Can dyspraxia be confused or misdiagnosed with ms
i have dyspraxia and i'm supposed to be doing my homework right now xD
I am 22 years of age I ladie I was born Dyspraxia I was told in secondary school I could not do Lc English I did I got an C1 in Ordinary level .
I've over 15 signs and symptoms yet it's never been diagnosed. To me it's unprofessional not to diagnose since I still have it and had it since my birth.
It’s probably because you either have a bad doctor. Or you don’t have it.
I was born with mixed crebral Palsy after birth and even though I has herpes and stuff I still had problems but I'm doing the best I can through adulthood. It is a mild form it is due to premature birth however I do use walker I've been using a walker ever since 2011.
I was diagnosed with Dandy Walker Syndrome but a lot of the things me tioned here I seem to have. I guess its possible to have both because my best friend has Cerebral Palsy and he has some of the problems caused by Dyspaxia
I have both DCD and CP, but DCD was only diagnosed while learning how to drive a car
Which is your first video
This sounds exactly like me as a child, I struggle in sports, I went to speech therapy, I can't regulate my volume well, bump into things...
I thought I was just stupid. It also turns out I have ADHD and apparently they go together frequently. Am I not just...stupid? Is there a reason?
You are not stupid!! I hear you and relate so hard
How do you know if it’s not ADHD or ASD? They look incredibly similar what’s the differentiates?
I think it’s cause dyspraxia focuses on motor skills and the ability to know how your going to do something. Adhd focuses on hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity. ASD focuses on difficulty with social interaction and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. But they all are very comorbid. Like for example 50-70% of people with asd also have adhd. And 89% of people who have adhd also have dyspraxia. If you have adhd and you see yourself struggling with problems related to dyspraxia Theres a high chance you have it. Same for if you have adhd and struggle with asd like symptoms . The symptoms for them are “similar” but in reality you likely just have both. But I’m not a doctor I’m just someone whose diagnosed with AuDHD, and have been researching these topics online for a couple of months.
I am a 21 year old with dyspraxia. I was always wonderful in dance because the rhythm was something that was easy and simple and actually my dyspraxia made it easier to do. However, writing, strength, body awareness and balance are my worst contenders. Sometimes writing is hard for me and I will grip the pen or pencil until my hands turn white because I dont realize how much focus I am putting into my trying to write better. I bump into things every single day and sometimes have a hard time balancing at my front desk at work if I am moving too quickly. Ive had to find my own ways around this as I got older since the last help of any kind I had, I was 11. People joke about me dropping things or how "clumsy" I am, but it isn't easy to live with. You're supposed to be an adult, you're supposed to be something different and it's been hard for me to be something that isn't constantly forgetting the smallest details or falling over without any stimulus.
Everyday is a task.
So freakin relatable
i have dyspraxis i took many of the steps that you suggested when i was around 3-10 years old i am now 15 years old i had and still have some problems with speech but never problems with sports or running or anything like that is it common to only have one side of it?
Yes. Try researching Apraxia of Speech. You can have the speech component without it being 'whole body'. Working your tongue and really exercising it does help with articulation! Think about trying some Comedy Improv or Drama at school?
IIdrippingII I'm beginning the process of being diagnosed for ASD. It kinda feels like I have a ton of learning disabilities, but none of them are complete. Like hyperactive but no attention deficiency. Dysgrafia, but only in motor skill, not writing ability (though my grammar is messed up too immigrant family background), a hell of a lot of parts of OCD, dyscalcula (only math major with it), even some slight Tourette's type symptoms (they say epilepsy is co morbid with ASD along with that motor issue), which goes straight to motor issues! As someone with ASD, I think our dyspraxia is at a very similar status (of having parts of problems). I'm horribly non athletic, but I'm capable of cutting/building/sewing. I think it compares fine and gross motor skills or something. I was ok ish at sports but it went straight to hell in high school. Clumsy. Can't catch. Get hit a lot. Fall on my ass playing hackey sack.
For people with ASD solo sports is the game to play. Golfing, marksman, running?? I've heard aspies can be phenomenal runners but it's so much cardio.
The cool thing about this is that I wouldn't change anything about me, and neither should you!