Dyspraxia moneysaving and support thread.

Gingham_Ribbon

Here's the link.

Obviously they'll help with other matters, not just dyspraxia.

julie03

just wondered if anyone can recommend a good book to explain football to a 7yr old dysphraxic, he really loves the game, cant play well at all , runs about like a headless chicken! but has problems with his friends because he doesnt get the rules, we have tried to explain but a book would be better as he seems to take things in better this way
thanks

before_hollywood

i'm nearly 29 and have dyspraxia, not many people in real life know. if its any help i had a very odd birth, when i was coming out, i was trying to come out sideways with the cord around my neck :eek: and i was covered in bruises.

Spirit_2

My daughter is 22 and was identified as dyspraxic when she was quite small , but we decided not to label her and to see 'how she got on'.

Her handwriting was/is messy, she had extra help and triangular pencils as a child. Her hand eye coordination is still not good, her gait awkward and she cannot dance. It took 8 attempts to pass her driving test as her spatial awreness is poor.

However her spelling was always brilliant, some academic subjects were right for her, others a mystery, she is a languages undergraduate now although she only scraped a C in maths at GCSE .

At University they recognised that she had some organisational problems and as she had also been ill she was awarded Disabled Student Status and has had extra support. A laptop, special software, a voice recorder (note taking was a problem initially), an allowance for books (using the library was a problem) a mentor.

Physically she has some joint problems (her knees mainly) and a mild scoliosis - her jaw is undershot and although now an adult is getting NHS orthodontic treatment.

She has always been very 'individual' dislikes parties of her peer group, team games, group activities (hid all notes from school informing us of trips etc) Can swim but does not like to, and is not very strong, won't ski, sail etc...does love horses though. Never bullied at school as I do not think she would have noticed and her strengths in some subjects were obvious to her classmates. No sense of personal style or grooming as a teen but has got there now. Fussy about clothes texture (and wore a vest until she was 14!)

She has however....a small number of close long standing friends, had lovely long term relationships, held down a really well paid responsible part-time job since she was 17, and is a good but messy cook. Her bedroom reflects her organisational skills and is a bomb site. Her desire to move out is non existent as 'the familiar' is very important to her. Living in halls at Uni was a disaster and she needed to return home.

Oh, and she was induced and a forceps delivery as I had pre-eclampsia.

I am not sure how more help early on would have made things any better - she has developed to play to her strengths - she drives me nuts sometimes - but we think she is great. She seems to have hit some 'adult developmental milestones' a couple of years later than her friends but now seems to have caught up.

There is hope for our clumsy/awkward lovely individuals.

alliballi

Hi my son aged 7 has just been diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia by school ed psychologist, waiting for referral to OT and speech and language, joined all sorts of forums to learn about this as myself and his dad feel left to get on with it and I feel gutted for my son and not sure what to do, very good to read the posts on here feel not alone now lol

Spirit_2

alliballi wrote: »

Hi my son aged 7 has just been diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia by school ed psychologist, waiting for referral to OT and speech and language, joined all sorts of forums to learn about this as myself and his dad feel left to get on with it and I feel gutted for my son and not sure what to do, very good to read the posts on here feel not alone now lol

Please do not feel it will all be terrible, I honestly believe their own strengths will develop to help them too. My daughter's ex bf had significant dyslexia, however is an Oxbridge student in a scientific field. He barely scraped a C in English GCSE.

I met a very successful elderly lady artist last week, in her 70's and has a significant exhibition each year, in discussion she described herself as being treated as 'slow' when she was at school although she felt and her parents thought, she was quick witted - it is now known as dyslexia.

Appreciate what he can do, accentuate the positives, be happy that he can get to be 'good enough' in some things and go with the flow (unless it is significantly limiting) for the things that are really outside of his range.

Gingham_Ribbon

julie03 wrote: »

just wondered if anyone can recommend a good book to explain football to a 7yr old dysphraxic, he really loves the game, cant play well at all , runs about like a headless chicken! but has problems with his friends because he doesnt get the rules, we have tried to explain but a book would be better as he seems to take things in better this way
thanks

Sorry, I don't know but I hope someone else will.

It's worth asking school as I know my son's school has a 'how to' book in the reading box on several sports.

Indie_Kid

To the person who asked about funding for the glasses - there is none unfortunately. I need them too - I also have Irlens and as a result of another medical condition, I am very light sensitive.

I am not dyspraxic; but am very clumsy. I gave up riding a bike because I would just fall off it all the time. How I've never broke a bone is a miracle.

alliballi

Spirit wrote: »

Please do not feel it will all be terrible, I honestly believe their own strengths will develop to help them too. My daughter's ex bf had significant dyslexia, however is an Oxbridge student in a scientific field. He barely scraped a C in English GCSE.

I met a very successful elderly lady artist last week, in her 70's and has a significant exhibition each year, in discussion she described herself as being treated as 'slow' when she was at school although she felt and her parents thought, she was quick witted - it is now known as dyslexia.

Appreciate what he can do, accentuate the positives, be happy that he can get to be 'good enough' in some things and go with the flow (unless it is significantly limiting) for the things that are really outside of his range.

Thank you spirit, I just felt worried for him but reading positive stories here and on Scottish Dyspraxia website I know he will be ok you just worry for your kids even if nothing is wrong if you know what I mean, he is a very funny boy, so that keeps me going lol x

delain

deannatrois wrote: »

My stepson has now been diagnosed as having Irlen syndrome (a sort of dyslexia where the words seem to disappear down a plug hole). He has a literacy level of 1a at school altho he is 10 and very short concentration span that we have seen.

He needs glasses with a turquoise filter apparently.., but they cost £300. His mother gets working tax credits (she's a school cook) and we are on benefits. Not sure how the glasses are going to be paid for as I also have a son with ASD .., so no spare money (I do budget stringently already).

Are there any funding sources we can look at?

You can do what a friend of mine with this had, the school had to print all her worksheets on blue paper, and she had a blue sheet of acetate type stuff to put over any white paper she had to read