Now that my son has the motor dyspraxia diagnosis, it makes sense why all of the other Level 4 characteristics fit except the two that required fine motor skills that he didn't have because of the disability-- "many liked puzzles by 15 to 36 months" and "most printed letters, numbers, words, and their names between 2 3/4 and 3 1/2 years."
His OT recently told him that he needed to work on the 3D puzzles instead of the online puzzles that he likes. My son wants to know why being able to do the 3D kind quickly is so important. He says he doesn't believe it will help him in any way and he thinks it is kind of like the "coloring in the lines" that he hated and the kindergarten teacher thought was important. He is still skeptical about doing these things to help him grow "new neural pathways" in his brain. He still wants proof. Even his OT says the OT is not a cure for the dyspraxia and hypotonia and she can't tell us how much the sensory integration therapy will help, but she says she has seen the therapy work very well for kids she has worked with.
