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My child has diagnoses of dyspraxia, suspected dysgraphia (will rule in or out next week with neuro-psych), ADHD, Anxiety disorder w/ elements of PTSD, Visual Motor problems (convergence insufficiency, poor eye teaming, ocular motor delays, poor focusing ability). I will double-check with OT tonight.

First part is check boxes for "substantially limits one or more major life activities".

I'm thinking:
[*] caring for self (trouble opening packages, buttoning, zipping, wiping after bathroom, putting on shoes)
[*] concentrating
[*] learning
[*] communicating
[*] performing manual tasks
[*] seeing
[*] working

Other options are: hearing, eating, lifting, walking, speaking, sleeping, bending, thinking, breathing, standing, reading, major bodily function, other

What do you think?

Self-care and learning are the two that most committees prefer, in my experience.

Be aware that self-care can be an automatic "age-out" though, in the event that your child is expected to learn mitigating coping strategies with age.

I am waffling on self-care because I'm not sure I want that addressed in an official capacity. Seems like it might open him up to things we don't want to work on at school. He does need some help with coats and things like opening water bottles. But at 6 they still do a little of that. He usually strategizes how to avoid the issue like by refusing to wear a coat when it is 15F.