Where are you in the birth order?

Post by **Daniel** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:27 pm

Is there any correlation between birth order and dyspraxia?

Ruth · Post by **Ruth** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:42 pm

I have heard the theory that after parents have a dyspraxic child they tend not to have anotrher due to the resultant difficulties. I wonder how much truth there is in that generally. i know my parents have said it mant times - always with love and a smile though.

Blazinwolf · Post by **Blazinwolf** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:11 am

Ruth wrote:I have heard the theory that after parents have a dyspraxic child they tend not to have anotrher due to the resultant difficulties. I wonder how much truth there is in that generally. i know my parents have said it mant times - always with love and a smile though.

I caused my mom to "split" her womb when i was born, But i think that was jsut because i was big boned, not due to dispraxia. But i'm an only child

though strangely enough, all up my family, the first born of my mom's brothers all have mental dissorders... even the oldest brother in my mom's family had the numeric dislexia...
And HER dad was a schizophrenic
That's an interesting genetic thought for you though isn't it?

Snjstar · Post by **Snjstar** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:02 pm

I have one younger sister who is not Dyspraxic.

Does anyone have siblings who are also Dyspraxic?

rhubarb_crumble · Post by **rhubarb_crumble** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:17 pm

I am the youngest. I have a brother and a half-sister, none of whom which are Dyspraxic.

I had a breach birth. How was everyone else born?

david456 · Post by **david456** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:46 pm

I'm the eldest, but I do have brother, who isn't Dyspraxic.

Danni · Post by **Danni** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:53 pm

I'm the eldest, and actually the most "normal" of the four of us... not that I've got off scot free!

I'm dyspraxic (my fine motor skills are much worse than my gross motor skills now- and it's four months since I last fell down the stairs! W00T!) have depression, constant anxiety and daily panic attacks, and possibly a personality disorder.

My sister who is 17 has Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD, used to have hearing difficulties, and a criminal record.

My sister who is 14 is ADHD.

My brother who is 12 has Asperger's Syndrome.

The youngest two are in foster care at the moment.

If there isn't a case for genetics causing problems here then I'd like to know why all four of us have something not normal with us!

Post by **Daniel** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:24 pm

Yeah I hadn't heard of there been any evidence of genetic or hereditary relationships with dyspraxia, but there must have been some other common factor that has affected you and your siblings.

Danni · Post by **Danni** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:26 pm

If dyspraxia and ADHD is on the Autistic spectrum then there could be that as a common link... none of the other three are dyspraxic though, and my two sisters are excellent at art. Me and Martin are much more into books and maths

littlemissme · Post by **littlemissme** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:28 pm

I was adopted as a baby so i dont know where i was in the birth order. But i have an older adopted brother and were not blood relatives.

keiraknightleyfan27 · Post by **keiraknightleyfan27** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:21 pm

I am a middle child. I was quite large as a baby and my mom almost had to have a c-section. They said that with my disorder I may have either damaged part of my cerebellum during the birth or I may have been born without part of it. I don't really know which, but regardless I have a nonverbal learning disorder. I'd like to think that it wasn't that I lost part of it because then there is a chance that I could have been without the disorder if they went through with the c-section. I don't like think it was the doctor's fault either so we don't talk about it at home. We don't even know if it is the exact cause of my disorder, which is like dyspraxia. They are still doing much research on the brain so maybe I will find out in the future. I don't know who said about the parents wanting to have another kid due to the fact that the first was disabled, but that was not the case in my family. My parents loved me, but they also wanted to have another kid so I could have a little brother or sister. I ended up getting a younger sister.

Both my sisters are what is considered "normal," but it does not matter in my family. My sisters and I are best friends. My parents love all three of us equally. I love my family.

quackstar84 · Post by **quackstar84** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:15 am

I have a twin sister and two older bothers, I`m the only one with Dyspraxia.

fuzzy · Post by **fuzzy** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:08 pm

I have a half brother and half sister who are 31 and 28 respectively (we have different fathers). Neither of them have any learning difficulties or serious health problems at all BUT they are both social workers

*hisses*

arthmelow · Post by **arthmelow** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:25 am

Brother ( 19 ) with aspergers, and me ( 21 ) with dyspraxia and ADD.

My father now also believes that he has a mild varient of dyspraxia after looking through all the information I gave him about it. Which would make sense really.

keiraknightleyfan27 · Post by **keiraknightleyfan27** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:13 pm

My uncle had schizophrenia and my grandma has bipolar disorder(formerly, manic depressive disorder). I think that there may be a connection between them having a disability and me having a disability. I don't have any schizophrenic or manic depressive symptoms, but mental disabilities do run in my family so there might be a connection that way...

As far as I know NLD and dyspraxia have no connection with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Where are you in the birth order?