What is Dyspraxia?
Developmental dyspraxia is an impairment or immaturity of the organisation of movement. It is an immaturity in the way that the brain processes information, which results in messages not being properly or fully transmitted. The term dyspraxia comes from the word praxis, which means 'doing, acting'. Dyspraxia affects the planning of what to do and how to do it. It is associated with problems of perception, language and thought.
Dyspraxia is thought to affect up to ten per cent of the population and up to two per cent severely. Males are four times more likely to be affected than females. Dyspraxia sometimes runs in families.
Some people with dyspraxia are over-sensitive to touch (tactile defensiveness), whilst others have articulatory dyspraxia, which exhibits itself with problems with speaking and pronunciation.
Other names for dyspraxia include Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), Perceptuo-Motor Dysfunction, and Motor Learning Difficulties. It used to be known as Minimal Brain Damage and Clumsy Child Syndrome. People suffering from dyspraxia can also overlap with other conditions such as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Asperger’s Syndrome and Dyscalculia.
Statistically, it is likely that there is one child in every class of 30 children. We need to make sure that everyone understands and knows how best to help this significant minority.
Dyspraxic children, like dyslexics, often suffer from very low self-esteem.
For further information Dyslexia School Search recommend contacting the Dyspraxia Foundation UK.
Dyspraxia is thought to affect up to ten per cent of the population and up to two per cent severely. Males are four times more likely to be affected than females. Dyspraxia sometimes runs in families.
Some people with dyspraxia are over-sensitive to touch (tactile defensiveness), whilst others have articulatory dyspraxia, which exhibits itself with problems with speaking and pronunciation.
Other names for dyspraxia include Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), Perceptuo-Motor Dysfunction, and Motor Learning Difficulties. It used to be known as Minimal Brain Damage and Clumsy Child Syndrome. People suffering from dyspraxia can also overlap with other conditions such as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Asperger’s Syndrome and Dyscalculia.
Statistically, it is likely that there is one child in every class of 30 children. We need to make sure that everyone understands and knows how best to help this significant minority.
Dyspraxic children, like dyslexics, often suffer from very low self-esteem.
For further information Dyslexia School Search recommend contacting the Dyspraxia Foundation UK.