dyspraxia?

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I did not know you can grow out of dyspraxia.

You can't. you can improve and learn some coping skills just like anyone with a learning disability but you'll always have the condition, you just need to learn how to be "normal" or almost normal, how to deal with your problem. Some people can help those who have dyspraxia but really, the condition will always be there. If not, it was not dyspraxia or so mild that you have enough coping skill not to see it youself.

It's just like dyslexia, some people become very good and fast reader even some who had severe dyslexia, but the condition is always there, they had to learn how to deal with it and aquire the same abilities as the others differently.

my 5 yr old son has verbal dyspraxia, and motor dyspraxia problems.
He is seeing an ot and speech threapist.

I'm dyspraxic. It's probably a factor in why I can't learn to drive.

I have dyspraxia was diagnosed with it the same time i was diagnosed with autism.
I learnt to walk late, never been able to swim, learnt to ride a bike at aged 10 and have really poor co-ordination.

I don't have it but have Autism (some kind) but my brother doesn't have Autism / Aspergers at all but does have Dispraxia. It's hard to explain his movements but he doesn't do any exercise now except walking. He seems to handle most things normally otherwise. People like him unlike me.

I have one child with Dyspraxia and one with full Autism, I swear there must be a link between the two conditions, or rather they have the same root cause.

I agree with you, nostromo. Pity (most of) the rest of the world has trouble seeing that

I even posted that question to the Tall Poppies magazine to a 2E expert (twice exceptional) along those lines, she said she was not aware of any research on a link or relationship between Dyspraxia and Autism, and I thought well I guess if no-ones looking then they won't have seen it. I really hope someone does, because anecdotally like me and Adamantus there's loads of examples around.

I think the two conditions must be linked, since they co occur so very often.

Interesting. For some reason my Mum was very unable to get either of us diagnosed, I have to find out a few days ago. I was kind of angry at her until I realised it must be difficult if 2/2 of your children have some sort of conditions. I felt she must have wanted me to be the normal one. Well I feel much better already for knowing, until now it's been like random strange social screw ups with no pattern to make sense of.

These cases are really sad, and fankly extremely frustrating - for acknowledgement and help with aspergers/autism, you need a diagnosis - you have to admit it. However, a dyspraxia diagnosis for any undiagnosed auties/aspies is a death sentence. Right then and there, autism is cancelled out because the dyspraxia dX seems to cancel it out - all autie characteristics are 'as a result of dyspraxia'.
This is especially frustrating because a lot of experts don't consider autism in their diagnosis, they are just looking at face value symptoms, i.e. no speech, clumsiness, and come up with dyspraxia.
Yet you can be diagnosed in the order autism to dyspraxia??? I don't get it...
I got a dyspraxia dX at 3, when I had motor delay and speech delay.

I can certainly relate to that. I was diagnosed at four with dyspraxia, grew up vauguly knowing that I had some kind of neurological condition which affected my co-ordination and knew nothing about autism until I started a degree in psychology in my twenties. When I first went to the doctors seeking a potential diagnosis for aspergers she saw on my medical record I had dyspraxia and immidietly dismissed all my concerns.

In other Dypraxia horror stories I was once being told off in high school for submitting a messily written piece of work, on informing my teacher I had dyspraxia she told me I was mispronouncing dyslexia!

It reminds me of the first time I told my best friend that after talking with my parents and reading some of my medical records I suspected dyspraxia. She told me "no, you are not dyslexic". (turns out that dyspraxia tends to make dyslexia-like symptoms).

Hi Oli234,

I just don't get it, how dyspraxia can cancel out an autism dX - especially as you might have been dXed with dyspraxia by a speech therapist, who only goes on physical symptoms... There must be a paper somewhere, but I'm yet to find it

You're doing a psychology degree? Human behaviour is fascinating. It also amazes me how many aspies actually turn out doing something like psychology I guess it might be frustrating over the service they got.

Wow - your teacher story is half hilarious, half appauling!! !
I'm always too nervous to tell teachers that I have dyspraxia - the only one I told never did anything to help or give allowances, so that discouraged me hugely.

my son has dyspraxia and for him its way more than just being clumsy or not being able to tie his laces . it effects his speech,has very poor short term memory,hes loses things all the time to the point he cant even see something thats right in front of him,has no sense of time i could go on and on.

i have a brother who has AS and theres been many times i have suspected my son has AS or at least traits of it, he comes out with the oddest things or asks the strangest questions and takes everything so literal but the doctors say no hes far to sociable,people always like him because hes very funny and has a twinkle in his eye.

the strangest thing about dyspraxia is one day he surprises you he can do something the next day he cant,it can even vary from hour to hour.