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Uploaded by on Nov 19, 2007

I thought it would be good to get more than three videos on Dyspraxia on this site, so I decided to make this one, hope it is as helpful as the others have been - they certainly impressed me. Feel free to comment and respond.

By the way, I have recently found out that my "diagnosis in nursery school" which I mention was not strictly official - so in a couple of months I am going to go to a neurologist and get it on paper.

(Sorry about all the umm-ing by the way, I've never really made a video before.)
If you want to know more about Dyspraxia you can follow these links:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_dyspraxia

DORE:
http://www.dore.co.uk/?c1=AW:UK&source=Brand:Dore:S:H1&kw=dore

The Dyspraxia Foundation:
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/

EDIT: Since the video has had over 3000 views (woo!)and some people have even subscribed to my channel, I have been thinking of making another video, but I'm not sure what to do it on, so I thought I'd ask you guys. What kind of video/s would you like to see me make? Another one on Dyspraxia perhaps? Or something completely different. As always, feel free to comment, respond or message me. G. :-)

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  • Thank you for the video! I'm a 38 year old from the US...and I am pretty sure I have Dyspraxia. I've noticed that not only is there not a lot of media about this disability out there, there seems to be even less in the US! All the websites and videos seem to be from the UK & Aus. Strange.

    Anyway, non-linear thinking...that's exactly it. That and I can't hold a pen right & always wind up w. hand cramps, always running into things. Never knew there was a name for it. Are you also bad at math?

  • @LadyLazarus1000 I'm pretty bad at math yeah, a lot of conditions like dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and asperger's syndrome share a lot of symptoms, so you'll find a lot of people with dyspraxia will have symptoms from these other conditions, often it can make diagnosis harder.

  • I have recently started thinking that my daughter has Dyspraxia. She never crawled as a baby and didn't walk until she was 1.5. She is now five and still falls all the time, can't climb stairs very well, can't ride a bike, and runs very differently from her twin brother and class mates. She says she doesn't like school, because it is hard and the other children don't like her. She is all ways in trouble with the teacher. I don't know what do to, because I don't want her to be misdiagnosed.

  • @MrMelvinlucas I can understand the fear of misdiagnosis at such a young age. If you want to make sure, however, you should try and get your daughter to a neurologist or a developmental psychologist if you can and try and get her assessed, depending on where you are the school may have facilities to help her.

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  • To sum it up I basically ( I know this'll sound horrible "/) I feel like I'm better than any other person on the planet? The parts of my brain that have developed further is my memory span, my heightened senses and it just feels like nothing is good enough for me.... Do you ever feel like this? I've been told by my close friend who's know fully 'healed' felt like this, I think my brain is repairing itself, I hope that every other person with dyspraxia overcomes it, and I wish you all the best.

  • The only thing that bugs me is that obviously you'll know that scientists, doctors etc. can't work out why we develop dyspraxia. However If you do not know how something is caused you aren't really in any responsibility to say how it affects people. There are a few people I know with it, However one of these persons has fully outgrown it now, however the part of her brain that instead developed, which caused her brain to develop in unused parts is still intact, she's smarter than anyone I know!

  • I have recently realised that It isn't actually a bad thing to have, did you know that as parts of the brain are affected by dyspraxia which cause them to function worse than others, other parts of our brains that aren't or are rarely used by every other person start to function instead (not many people know this btw) I feel like this gives us an advantage as we use parts of our brains that other people cannot, we are simply unique!

  • Respect for having the guts to do this. I'm also your age, was diagnosed in primary school and sort of put it to the back of my head that it affected my life. The only real troubles i've had from it is alike you, my handwriting, my extreme lack of concentration and getting into trouble at school quite abit... It hasn't affected my balance, co-ordination, spelling, ability to think in order etc.

  • @malacka32 Actually no! Check my profile! =)

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