[quote=KJP]
A laypersons observations of him would he a kid who has an awkward running style, weak muscles, can't pedal anything, can't catch or throw well, has trouble with buttons, zippers, etc., is a sloppy eater who uses his hands too much and tends to drop stuff a lot. [/quote
I'm guessing there could be 1000+ explanations for this, but fwiw, most of this would describe my ds at 8 years old, and still today at 13. Dropping things isn't really an issue with him and he's not a sloppy eater, but the rest totally fits. He has learned to button and zipper but it was a sloooooowwww path to get it down and he's still very slow in his movements. In his case, these symptoms are due to developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia). He did learn how to pedal when he was around 8 years old, and he actually enjoys riding his bike, but I know of other kids with DCD who have trouble learning to pedal.
Anyway, my thought is - it took us a neuropsych eval in 2nd grade to sort out what was up with ds. He had symptoms that an OT could have evaluated, that an SLP could have evaluated etc... but a neurospych looks at how everything interacts and fits in together and that's how we came up with a set of diagnoses that made sense for our ds.
polarbear
Last edited by polarbear; 03/01/13 09:01 PM.
