Hi,

My DS7 has dyspraxia. His OT considers it "pure" dyspraxia (not associated with other LDs or issues). As others have said, the list you posted sounds too general for simple dyspraxia. Other diagnoses (AS, ADHD for example) can have dyspraxia as one symptom. But dyspraxia can exist by itself too.

My son's problems are primarily with physical coordination (both gross and fine motor skills and muscle tone, so sports, handwriting, dressing, eating, drawing, and speech are affected). He is very social and not a literal thinker. He doesn't have problems with concentration, arousal state or focus (as compared to his ADHD brother).


From what I understand, dyspraxia is just another way of saying "un-coordinated". The more modern name for it here in Canada is "developmental coordination disorder".

http://dcd.canchild.ca/en/AboutDCD/earlyindicators.asp

Last edited by Verona; 02/24/12 10:52 AM.