He tried gymnastics at five but we didn't know that he had motor dyspraxia at that time, only that his muscles seemed a little weaker because he had low muscle tone and we did tell the teachers about that. He didn't look different, but he fell more often than the other kids and one of the teachers refused to give him the sticker that she gave all the other kids in the class because she didn't think he was trying and he was trying as hard as he could. We had to take him out so there was never any opportunity to improve his balance until years later.
How great he got into gymnastics and how horrible (!!!) his instructor was so insensitive. I hope that doesn't turn him off to movement forever.
