I get that dyspraxia is often diagnosed in childhood where it is perhaps more easily spotted, but I got diagnosed at 20 and I'm getting a little tired of the huge focus on issues in childhood and the overall focus on mobility issues. For me, dyspraxia affects so so much more and as an adult, the more complex, mental aspect is a lot more of an obstacle than any mobility issue. My short term memory is awful which means I am always struggling to remember what I'm doing or what has just been said to me at work, it takes me so much longer and requires so much more energy to talk that I irritate myself and others, I grew up with an over protective parent who never let me outside so now I am quite literally lost everywhere I go. I confuse my left and right all the time and have put off driving for so long not only because I am so intimidated by it but because I know having dyspraxia will 100% get in the way. Just once, it would be nice to see more of a detailed focus on dyspraxia within adulthood and all the complex ways in which it can actually affect your life. Not everyone is so lucky to have had it diagnosed during childhood.
@raul7628
2 жыл бұрын
For a while i thought you are describing myself.
@jcdunne
Жыл бұрын
I can relate to this!
@manuelsputnik
Жыл бұрын
Are you sure you don't have ADHD? Or dyspraxia co-morbid with ADHD? The rate of comorbidity can be as high 50% between these 2 conditions.
@buttershy_
Жыл бұрын
100000% relate to this, even down to the helicopter parents who helped turn me into a hermit lol. & i too wish a lot more was said about how it affects adult life, most of the resources say "your child" instead of "you", as if it stops being a problem when we're not children anymore. it's so frustrating to live with, i often feel useless compared to others because i just can't do many basic tasks without a lot more effort and stress and time. today i spent an hour tying a single knot in elastic and it nearly brought me to tears!
@is4349
3 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree. Really wish there was more awareness about the condition in general.
@IAREBELOST
7 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with dyspraxia when I was about 9 years old, and I remember always being very shy and always being very worried about everything and anything that could happen in any given situation, I remember being bullied for the way I run and the fact that I am terrible at sports, I remember my mum getting frustrated when she brought me new clothes because most materials felt incredibly itchy and uncomfortable on my skin and so I refused to wear them, I remember never really having any friends because I didn't understand the concept of social norms, I remember just always feeling really anxious about trying anything new, and in situations where I did or said something funny and I made people laugh, I always thought that they were being mean and laughing at me. Im 20 years old now and I still struggle with the social aspect of it all, and im very self conscious about the way I walk and I refuse to run or do any sports in front of people because its just not worth dealing with people making comments, im reasonably self sufficient, i live on my own, but i still need my parent's help with things like banking and calling people up to make appointments and stuff like that. My parents want me to get tested for autism but at this point in my life I don't think that having a confirmed diagnoses would have any positive effect on my life in anyway since i'm not at school and i don't study.
@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341
7 жыл бұрын
What country do you live in? I'm asking because the UK seems to know more about this condition.
@IAREBELOST
7 жыл бұрын
I live in New Zealand now, I moved here when I was 11 from England :)
@carlygoldsmith2739
7 жыл бұрын
my daughter is 8 and has just been diagnosed. what you have just explained is basically my life with my child at present. thank you for sharing, it helps to know that we're not alone. hope you are well. xx
@zsazsa6251
6 жыл бұрын
Did you get tested?
@lennyrose5852
6 жыл бұрын
IAREBELOST you’re not alone, you more or less described the same struggles ive had
@katiestockdale7588
8 жыл бұрын
I hated school I always felt stupid maths was my worse subject not helped by the teacher who just didnt understand dyspraxia at all and would get in a really bad mood when I hadnt copied off the board I usually came home feeling rubbish and I didnt have any confidence I am now 26 and still have no confidence and no friends its horriable I had very supportive network of family but I just wanted a friend to understand, please dont get frustrated at your child if he or she has dyspraxia it doesn't help you or them in the long run be supportive instead of saying my child cant do this properly pick on somthing they can do and say my child is good at this and support them in what they are good at
@mikegreene7273
8 жыл бұрын
+katie stockdale Thank you, Katie. My son is 11 and has dyspraxia too. Your words resonate strongly. My son gets upset after maths lessons (his worst subject too) but you are clearly an eloquent writer and have given me reason to remind him what a brilliant drummer he is - the best in his school! Everyone is great at something. Perhaps with you its your writing; know that it prompted the first and only time I have ever written something on You Tube. And you did that! Mike
@katiestockdale7588
8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Greene thankyou you have made me feel quite good about myself
@sphie642
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah my maths teacher mentioned in my book that she couldn't read my homework I spent like 5 hours on because I'm soo slow so she couldn't mark it
@alexcarney4811
9 жыл бұрын
I have got severe dyspraxia i have adhd which is annyoing i misinterpritate i cant understand social life im a loner people make jokes about me which destroys self esteem yet i maintain good grades in science but bad in the rest
@Cleric775
7 жыл бұрын
About 50% Dyspraxics suffer from ADHD, so it's not unheard of.
@rachyrae5096
6 жыл бұрын
Very descriptive and educational. One of the few videos to concentrate on the writting and organising side instead of the co ordination which is helpful for me because these are my sons worst symptoms. So I just play this video for Those who need to understand. Thank you for your time making this video
@toby-md4um
6 жыл бұрын
My left ear enjoyed this bideo
@MadMax22
4 жыл бұрын
Idk if I have dyspraxia. But im very clumsy and my handwriting is terrible and then I saw that a lack of dopamine can effect fine motor skills and I thought "well that makes sense" because one of the theories for adhd is that our dopamine receptors dont take in as much dopamine or something like that. So my research has led me to Dyspraxia. I will be getting my answers soon enough. Another thing ive always had trouble with was singing and when I took my medication I noticed I was able to control my vocal chords more easily. And when I played my French horn I felt as though I could play it better. Maybe this is related to the problems with fine motor skills.
@carlinkag2525
Жыл бұрын
I'm sitting here sobbing because a lot of childhood embarrassment and frustration suddenly makes sense, I spent all this time thinking I'm slow and stupid. All those adults disappointed in me and for what?
@doonewatts7155
Жыл бұрын
This is a great help thank you. My son has dyspraxia and quite by chance we learned that the repetative movements in martial arts and swimming lessons really helped with his gross motor coordination.
@pagrant
7 жыл бұрын
I have this, I was useless at school, shy, made fun of, now as an adult I am shy, dont have many friends etc
@champersnailswilson4580
5 жыл бұрын
That made my heart very sad
@ProMrLecoq01
5 жыл бұрын
Im sorry I hope your life will be a lot better in the future
@sonja0707
4 жыл бұрын
I have no bonds with school friends. I was bullied as a child and in high school the girls where so two faced and mean. Even now they seem to have this depressing person of me. But I work and I am sociable very funny out spoken like an activists have children and grand children and a partner that drives me insane . It's very hard for people to accept you the way you are. They always want to change you and not realising that it's not always possible
@livelearnandteach7402
5 жыл бұрын
I like to think that is is not that someone with dyspraxia cannot do something but more that it is just harder work than for others. Any football fan knows that in the FA Cup a small non league team can knockout a much bigger team. They aren't as good but with hard work and dedication they can still beat them. That is how I see it anyway.
@2380Shaw
5 жыл бұрын
I was horribly shy and bullied bad in school. Wanted to end my life at times.
@guineveremoonmist1060
Жыл бұрын
Hugs!!!
@sommertaylor5222
5 жыл бұрын
I got d diagnosed at 2 years old I’m now 14 years old
@maxxbadge
6 жыл бұрын
Wow so helpful!. My 22 year old son has Autism, but watching this a lot of his systems sound like dispraxia as he is to sociable to be autistic. This changes the game, to me my son is a classic dispraxic
@kota3316
4 жыл бұрын
I have dyspraxia I cant use a knife , I have trouble speaking, my hand writing is terrible, i cant do laces, I'm a messy eater, i can never ceep up in class, i cant ride a bike without falling off, I'm extremely clumsy, in always late for everything and I'm bad at any sport especially ball games always get bullied for it but I know I cant do anything about it
@seanhutchins1
2 жыл бұрын
Love your message, would be wonderful to reach out to you and find resources for my daughter
@Enloxity
Жыл бұрын
I’m thinking I have dyspraxia, I don’t not have some symptoms, but I definitely have some. I’ve struggled with many activity’s like writing, tying shoelaces, hand movement. Sometimes I’ll just randomly drop something In my hands without realizing it. I can’t put my hair in a braid because it’s too difficult, and even putting my hair into a ponytail is a challenge for me. When I was younger my handwriting was backwards and it was so hard for me to learn how to do form letters or make sentences. Nowadays I struggle with video game stuff like rhythm games. I purposely play them to make my hands get more dexterity but even on easy songs my hands will freeze up and miss a couple notes. The main thing that pisses me off is I’ve never been able to open a can of like soup with a can opener. I’ve tried and tried but it’s never worked, I like cooking and baking so it is upsetting to me, I usually have my mom do it for me. I remember one time I tried for 30 minutes, couldn’t make it move a budge and mom did it with barely any effort. I’m also very sensitive to touch? I don’t know if that’s a thing. I’ve always struggled with learning things, sometimes I crotchet and when I was learning it took me 3 WEEKS to learn when it took my fast and slow friends less than 5 minutes. Are these signs?
@Jcbartoni64
Жыл бұрын
I'm an adult found this useful
@newzealandprepper9278
9 жыл бұрын
I have Dysparxia I find I can't do my shoe laces up and hard understanding games some times and in P.E I get my shirt back to font and I find it had to do maths and all the time lost stuff and I can't memorising what I said and don't no my left and right well
@Agnethatheredhairkid
Жыл бұрын
I have no problem with getting dressed and dealing with daily stuff such as using cutlery but I am not good at sport, cannot ride a bicycle, cannot knit or sew and am not good with my hands.
@BeinDraug
7 жыл бұрын
I was diagnoise with duyspraia when i was 8 i regularly struggled with sports and as i loved learing i sacrificed any sort of legibility i my hand writting to keep up. Learning to sew helped my fine motor co-ordination alot though i still have to use a knif and fork backwards. The biggest issue for me though has always been the mental aspect feling that gap between reality and my mind and that pause between wanting to move and acctually moving.
@cips35
4 жыл бұрын
Are you talking about severe dyspraxia? It seems like severe. I have mild/moderate
@Enloxity
Жыл бұрын
I think these are severe, I’m pretty sure I have mild dyspraxia
@Cosyhead
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@angelkitten3189
6 жыл бұрын
I might be wrong.. and i'm not sure, but I might have this. Because I have problems with my pencil I can never really hold it right. And also I have trouble with tying shoes, and zippers and also my hands have a problem with a lot if things. And also, I was always scared to ride a bike because I feel that I can't balance it very well, and I might crash. And i'm also had at sports. Everytime when the ball came I would be scared and miss. (If it was really high.) I'm not sure, but I might have this!
@ProMrLecoq01
5 жыл бұрын
Same I don’t want to self diagnose because I seem to handle a lot of things easier than most people here but I still struggle with a lot of the symptoms
@_-1595
5 жыл бұрын
Me too . Did you guys figure it out?
@redmeghixtape410
5 жыл бұрын
Always wondered why I had writing problems when I was in advanced English and spelling and vocabulary but bad at sentence structure and punctuation and grammar is good and bad
@sharky9008
4 жыл бұрын
Kind of the same for me my handwriting hasnt changed in 7 years
@colincampbell7227
2 жыл бұрын
I can relate to pretty much all of this except the fact I’ve always been very good with handwriting.
@buhbuh305
8 жыл бұрын
I feel like Ive dyspraxia because ive never been good at sports Im only good at drumming saxophone and games I can hear people but not quite understand I dont like speaking that much because I feel like about to mess up embarras my self (nothing to with dyspraxia I think) and hate writing because no one can read it
@Cleric775
7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you got one. Get yourself tested.
@catherinetimperley9815
3 жыл бұрын
I have dispria i have a adult annyoing i misinterpritate i not understand social life I'm a loner people make jokes about self esteem yet I maintain brilliant grades in all subject but bad geography. I not get a hump about geography what shows me i not lucky on the day.
@2380Shaw
5 жыл бұрын
Embarrassing to ask but I've had a lot of these problems reading, writing, tying shoe laces, riding a bike but also I wet the bed until 12. Is bed wetting common for dyspraxia or am I just a horrible person?
@emanimarie4505
3 жыл бұрын
Omg I dealt with all of this. I have good handwriting teachers would tell me but I had trouble tying shoe laces, never learned to ride a bike and I wet the bed until 12 still had accidents after that though
@PlatypusGB
2 жыл бұрын
I have dyspraxia and remember my mum telling me that wetting the bed is a sign of dyspraxia. I had to visit the doctors to stop wetting the bed as a kid as I didn't stop until I was about 10/11. So yeah I'm pretty sure it's a sign.
@christinahester8903
4 жыл бұрын
My daughter is 11 months she was diagnosed with dyspraxia she see early intervention with physical therapist they say she late bloomer and that she not Severe at all she just has some difficulty standing up or walking or crawling so physical therapist work with her so she can get back on track
@redmeghixtape410
5 жыл бұрын
I shouldn't be figuring out I'm dyspraxia at adulthood
@sonja0707
4 жыл бұрын
I have this.plus adhd dysculculia and dyslexia
@hannahw90hw
8 жыл бұрын
my mum has quite severe Dyspraxia but I am very clumsy, have always had very bad writing. My hand gets very sore and tired. I always struggled with sports where you have to hit or catch things. I trip over and walk into things even as an adult. I drop things, I cant carry a tray of things without something falling off. I knock things over a lot. It becomes embarrasing. I physically cant sit still, even when I try I twitch or wobble slightly. but I have no problem with organisation or time keeping, Does anyone thing I might have dyspraxia?
@the1andonlytitch
8 жыл бұрын
Most likely but probably motor dyspraxia
@the1andonlytitch
8 жыл бұрын
Also you don't need to suffer all of the symptoms just a certain amount
@adorablestar
8 жыл бұрын
Who diagnoses dyspraxia? My son is 7 and receives OT, PT and I think he has dyspraxia. With everything I have to be the one to bring my concerns as the therapist don't point me in the right direction. He struggles with pretty much everything she talked about.
@the1andonlytitch
8 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with dyspraxia by an educational psychologist when I was in my third year of a degree in Psychology at 25 years old. Speak to the school he attends or your GP. I live in England so it was free at the time but if you are in America it might cost you money. Seriously though any amount of money is worth it, I went through 23 years of my life believing I was stupid, please don't allow your son to go through that. Inevitably if he has dyspraxia which sounds likely he will need extra help even though cognitively he is fine.
@Cleric775
7 жыл бұрын
England is better than Wales. I give you that.
@superfirmino5785
6 жыл бұрын
Nobody 'diagnoses Dyspraxia' it's actually difficult to diagnose. I'm Dyspraxic and I was mis-diagnosed by medical professionals.
Makes me wonder if people with dyspraxia find it difficult to party because they are not coordinated enough to dance. My older brother is very smart...very very smart. But he never was coordinated. Almost robotic. He also cannot for the life of himself dance. Also...i dont know if this is connected in anyway...just throwing it out there. He also sleep walked a lot. Almost every night. In my head i always thought that the reason he was so smart was because there was so much activity in his brain that he cannot even sleep completely. There is an excess of brain energy. This is also why he cant dance...he brain is thinking too much about the moves. He doesnt just relax the body. His brain interferes. Not making fun of him. Just observation. He really is gifted though. He is the best person to talk to about any topic. any!!!
@emmathompson2631
5 жыл бұрын
I have it
@amiekim
8 жыл бұрын
I can't hear audio on this. I can hear other youtube videos, though.
@the1andonlytitch
8 жыл бұрын
You probably had other videos in other tabs
@Alex-AzerusAngel
5 жыл бұрын
Typical video coming from a medical professional who can only go on recorded symptoms If you have dyspraxia or think you may do then some of the best videos to watch are those from actual people who live with dyspraxia rather than videos like this
@Alex-AzerusAngel
Жыл бұрын
@@amoxzi you are missing the point!!! Medical professionals can only give a text book medical diagnosis they can't differentiate between the experience of each individual . Which in cases of dyspraxia, dyslexia etc is almost ALWAYS different depending on the person I am a dyspraxic adult there's things I can't do that others can and vice versa which is why I say it's a good idea to find others with the disability and see how much you can relate or differ from it Thats the only TRUE way of finding how much it affects you.
@redmeghixtape410
5 жыл бұрын
Can you have high functioning dyspraxia? My fine motor skills or fine but eating, telling time , tying shoes , writing , dancing and balancing on bar stoops until I was 20
@brigittelobbes6504
3 жыл бұрын
I saw your reaction 2 years later.i am an artist but some things i can never draw.i too think that there are high functional dyspraxia also because i always read about problems with holding a pencil
@minecart40000
7 жыл бұрын
hey i have dispraxia
@hippolord44
9 жыл бұрын
I can't say I'm a severe sufferer, but I can't help but think that it makes people such as myself sound incapable of anything at all from basic function to having a social life, thusly I found this video slightly insulting with true elements
@ProMrLecoq01
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah this disorder is a killing to your confidence
@BritishMoron
2 жыл бұрын
I have a bad reaction speed, horrid handwriting, i sometimes lose my balance for no reason, i cant eat spaghetti with a fork, pretty bad motor skills, etc.
@emmaoreilly7284
6 жыл бұрын
I can't wash my hair and can't rule it unbutton...and more I have it
@Holly-ih6pz
5 жыл бұрын
Emma O'Reilly what age r u
@evesmith3500
4 жыл бұрын
I think I have dyspraxia
@alimoore589
4 жыл бұрын
My boyfriend told me the other day that he was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was a kid but he thinks he has dyspraxia. He does have a lot of the problems you described. I feel bad because I moaned at him for not using his knife the other day, but he didn't tell me until later that day.
@nixonsmateruby1
Жыл бұрын
I could read before school and read books that young adults would read, but I was always punished at school for my writing, and I used to be kept in while everyone played. Then in senior school, despite writing poetry, and reading thousands of books I was put in a remedial English class because of chicken scratch writing, and just ended up playing truant and ended up without an education, because teachers couldn't throw me out of school as some thought I was a genius. Hahaha, school should not define a man.
@louise-marieaspinall6967
8 жыл бұрын
gub
@angelaburden4925
6 жыл бұрын
Ç1
@angelaburden4925
5 жыл бұрын
V
@reneeharold7358
3 жыл бұрын
I thought dyspraxia was someone that's bad at art.
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