I've been told two GPs at my local health centre that I will have to get a private diagnosis if I want to find out if I have dyspraxia. The GP I saw today said he had no idea how to go about it - how helpful! I'm looking for some contacts in London as I want to get diagnosed soon before I really loose my marbles! I really don't know where to turn now.
Hello MBi, I to went to the see my GP on Thursday, he referred me to a neurologist at Bart's and St Thomas. The wait is thirteen weeks. Hope this helps.
I was waiting for the replys to come into my inbox and was getting a bit depressed that no-one had responded but if I had just logged on I would have found your responses. Thank you so much x
They are the number one place to go for advice. You have to have a neurologist. In the end it is sad that a GP cannot type Dyspraxia into a google and get DyspraxiaFoundation.Org.uk
But there is a lot of argument about dyspraxia. And it often happens with other things at the same time, such as, Attention Deficit (ADHD), DCD Development Coordination Disorder (hands/eyes/balance/perception of space), and dyslexia.
Another really interesting place is the DyscoveryCentre in Wales.
I wish there was a lot more talks so people could get support. You can get an assessment and support by going to the ACCESS to WORK people at the connexions outlets and say you need to be diagnosed.
That helps with some beginning stages of diagnosis. It is free and if they say yes "dyspraxic/dyslexic" or other, you can get some technology to help you and training. Even if you are unemployed or self employed. Say... "the Disability Act" gives you the right to be assessed. Or get a letter from a school teacher.
Hope that helps.I have a license to assess a person for dyslexia at any age, because that is defined by education skills and achievements compared with tests for thinking and speaking skills (vocabulary/expression).
It's because there have been a lot iof issues previously with the foundation and adult support sadly . This is changing . Mind you even in diagnosis terms , the criteria of who can and cannot give a formal diagnosis is not 100% . When i assisted the advice line we discovered it should come from a psychologist with educational /occupational therapy training (this came from teh British psychology group http://www.bps.org.uk/ and Independant Dyslexia consultance in London (however again this may well have changed it was a while ago we did this ).
I was very surprised myself that a neurologist couldn't give a diagnosis as the main fault of dyspraxia is the underdevelopment of teh thalamus (near your corpus corillia for all grey matter fan's)
(but their are very well respected !)