I have dyspraxia , ADHD and aspergers traits.
I am aged 42.
I received a diagnosed of dyspraxia aged 33. Aged 23, I received speech therapy,
after speech therapy I was told I may I have dyspraxia. I thought dyspraxia was just being clumsy , I learned about adult dyspraxia , I learned it was much more than being clumsy.
For people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child, what support did you get, speech therapy , occupational therapy, physiotherapy etc ?
What support did you get in school ?
I got a degree, postgraduate qualification , professional qualification undiagnosed with dyspraxia, ADHD and aspergers traits.
Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
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Re: Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
I was diagnosed at 11-12. When I was 9-10 I was put in a remedial handwriting class (I wouldn't call it therapy). Later, I was briefly given a typing device for schoolwork (which my highschool didn't bother with.)
That's quite literally all I was offered.
That's quite literally all I was offered.
Re: Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
It depends on a variety of factors including when and where you were educated. What awareness and interest the school/your teachers had and to a degree how involved your parents were in working with your teachers.
Once you leave full time education the support /regimen is no longer there. I'm presuming you were generally quite studious despite your ADHD?
My support felt like it was more about my visual impairment though additional time and a separate room to do exams helped.
Not sure anyone ever sat me down and tried to explain Dyspraxia. What would they have said and would I have listened? Equally not sure how I would have reacted.
Once you leave full time education the support /regimen is no longer there. I'm presuming you were generally quite studious despite your ADHD?
My support felt like it was more about my visual impairment though additional time and a separate room to do exams helped.
Not sure anyone ever sat me down and tried to explain Dyspraxia. What would they have said and would I have listened? Equally not sure how I would have reacted.
Tom
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With a foot full of bullets I tried to run faster but I just hobbled on to the next disaster.
(from Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Foot Full of Bullets)
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With a foot full of bullets I tried to run faster but I just hobbled on to the next disaster.
(from Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Foot Full of Bullets)
Re: Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
I was studious despite my ADHD.
I got a degree undiagnosed with dyspraxia, ADHD and aspergers traits.
I had problems with handwriting, revising for exams, emotional issues , I did not have a focused mind.
I did not know how to tackle the “system”.
See,
https://youtu.be/k-yM-7wqMAI
This girl started university in 2001.
I graduated from university in 1999, finished postgraduate study in 2000.
I had a non-standard diagnosis of aspergers traits in 2004, I received a diagnosis of dyspraxia in 2012. I received a diagnosis of ADHD in 2020 !
See 6 minutes 5 seconds !
I got a degree undiagnosed with dyspraxia, ADHD and aspergers traits.
I had problems with handwriting, revising for exams, emotional issues , I did not have a focused mind.
I did not know how to tackle the “system”.
See,
https://youtu.be/k-yM-7wqMAI
This girl started university in 2001.
I graduated from university in 1999, finished postgraduate study in 2000.
I had a non-standard diagnosis of aspergers traits in 2004, I received a diagnosis of dyspraxia in 2012. I received a diagnosis of ADHD in 2020 !
See 6 minutes 5 seconds !
Re: Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
I agree !Tom fod wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:34 am It depends on a variety of factors including when and where you were educated. What awareness and interest the school/your teachers had and to a degree how involved your parents were in working with your teachers.
Once you leave full time education the support /regimen is no longer there. I'm presuming you were generally quite studious despite your ADHD?
My support felt like it was more about my visual impairment though additional time and a separate room to do exams helped.
Not sure anyone ever sat me down and tried to explain Dyspraxia. What would they have said and would I have listened? Equally not sure how I would have reacted.
Re: Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
So do you think that not knowing at school and university helped?
I do sometimes wonder whether my learning earlier might have helped, (or not?)
The special treatment at school/college - for what I assumed was all aimed at compensating for my visual impairment - did not sit that well with me, even though I should count myself as fortunate in many respects.
Diagnosis has an impact and both our own and the reactions of those around have a bearing. Declaring to others can go either way.
Equally not knowing can often make us turn on ourselves and/or may result in our developing unhealthy 'coping' strategies which often take a toll on our mental health.
What are others' thoughts?
I do sometimes wonder whether my learning earlier might have helped, (or not?)
The special treatment at school/college - for what I assumed was all aimed at compensating for my visual impairment - did not sit that well with me, even though I should count myself as fortunate in many respects.
Diagnosis has an impact and both our own and the reactions of those around have a bearing. Declaring to others can go either way.
Equally not knowing can often make us turn on ourselves and/or may result in our developing unhealthy 'coping' strategies which often take a toll on our mental health.
What are others' thoughts?
Tom
Moderator/Administrator
With a foot full of bullets I tried to run faster but I just hobbled on to the next disaster.
(from Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Foot Full of Bullets)
Moderator/Administrator
With a foot full of bullets I tried to run faster but I just hobbled on to the next disaster.
(from Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Foot Full of Bullets)
Re: Support for people who were diagnosed with dyspraxia as a child
I wish I had been formally diagnosed with dyspraxia and ADHD.
I passed my driving test after 10 attempts in a manual car . I have bad handwriting. I would have had someone to take the notes on lectures and extra time in exams. In school, I was bad at drawing .Having undiagnosed ADHD has caused me problems in my life .
I would have attended a 6th form college gorbA Levels. I was not happy in my private school.
I passed my driving test after 10 attempts in a manual car . I have bad handwriting. I would have had someone to take the notes on lectures and extra time in exams. In school, I was bad at drawing .Having undiagnosed ADHD has caused me problems in my life .
I would have attended a 6th form college gorbA Levels. I was not happy in my private school.