http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
Hi their I am Ashley Crook, and i am a Dyspraxic, also a proud one as that
Reet I thought long and hard and decided to do a theme on a development disability that i have got, unfortunly its something i still find it difficult, even tho i have suffered from it since i was born, to comphend it.
I am trying to set up a local dyspraxia group in lancashire to help myself and others who suffer from this. As i have never tried to explain this before i hope you all bear with me. (ps yes the is some cutting and pasting of some documents, which i feel would explain better then what i can)
Developmental Dyspraxia is one or all of a heterogeneous ( means that something consists of a diverse range of different items) range of psychological development disorders affecting the initiation, organization and performance of action. Its affect the co-oridinations of the body and the motory skills are low in a common dyspraxic. The best way i can explain to someone who haven't got it, is imagine that your intoxicatied without being intoxicated ie, imagine doing stuff when drunk, yet your not drunk. It is more common in males then females (even then they can still multi task.) I have heard its one in twenty that suffer from it. It is neurological just like Autistic disorder or Asperger syndrome, and comes under the Autistic spectrum
Some symptons include
Speech and language- Difficulties controlling the speech organs.
- Difficulties making speech sounds
- Difficulty sequencing sounds
- Within a word
- Forming words into sentences
- Difficulty controlling breathing and phonation
- Slow language development.
Fine motor control
- Learning basic movement patterns.
- Developing a desired writing speed.
- The acquisition of graphemes – e.g. the letters of the Latin alphabet as well as numbers.
- Establishing the correct pencil grip
- Hand aching while writing
Issues with gross motor coordination Difficulty combining movements into a controlled sequence.
- Poor balance (sometimes even falling over in mid-step) Tripping over one's own feet is also not uncommon.
- Difficulty remembering the next movement in a sequence.
- Some people with dyspraxia have trouble picking up and holding onto simple objects, due to poor muscle tone.
- This disorder can cause an individual to be clumsy to the point of knocking things over and bumping into people accidentally.
- Some Dyspraxics have difficulty in determining left from right
- Cross-laterality, ambidexterity, and a shift in the preferred hand are also common in people with dyspraxia
- Dyspraxics may also have trouble determining the distance between them and other objects.
- Poor timing
The a lot more that can be added to this list, yet the best website to look up regarding dyspraxia is www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
Speaking as someone who suffers from this i would say the worst part about this is the isolation where not many people, even close friends and family understand it, its like explaining the concept of time, people got a basic grasp of it but not many fully comprhend it.
Anyway i hope thats ok, i do apologise that i cut and pasted certain parts (i know i am gonna get slated) yet i do feel they can explain things clearer then what i can, just want to raise awareness
Anyway chow for now and goranga to you all
leiwolf
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I hope you get the group formed, self-help groups really are important (mine has almost collapsed, I do miss it).
Good for you for being able to do a job. I really admire that.
Its obviously not something that indicates a lack of intelligence or an inability to communicate, which, no doubt, are hurdles you will be trying to overcome with your work of raising awareness.
Good luck with your endeavours, you've reached at LEAST one ignoramus(me)
Terro101 ~Thanks, I am just trying to raise awareness as hardly any people know about it
Thanks for the support and hopfully with any luck i have the group sorted
I was thinking you must face some of the same prejudice and problems as people with mild cerebral palsy, even though the conditions are totally different -- sometimes they're accused of being drunk or drugged. But of course at least people have heard of that!
comes under the Autistic spectrum
That is interesting. The Guardian had a piece about autism today, it might interest you, I was for a while on the same email list as Larry Arnold, who features in it
http://www.guardian.co.uk.../story/0,,2142946,00.html
Larry Arnold's page
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7138/
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)