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Possible dyspraxia?

Hope

I have a diagnosis of autism (NHS, age 21) but am also thinking I might be a bit dyspraxic too. Based on an Educational psychology report carried out age 10, I was described as having a ''borderline degree of fine motor skill impairment'', as I took a long time to complete tasks and decode instructions. Had severe spatial, perception and directionality problems, and non verbal/performance was on 1st percentile (relative to high verbal IQ). I was slow to learn to dress and tie laces, and could not do puzzles at all. Also had  and still have poor number awareness and poor visual memory. Organisation was/is poor and struggled with art work and team games ( very slow reaction speed, not knowing where to stand on court). Yet I had good handwriting and did learn to ride a bike, although struggled with swimming. I'm also good at tennis and am good at simple games of catch, so I'm not sure. I might be a mild case, or maybe there are different types of dyspraxia? Whenever I have to work to speed, I struggle. I still struggle to fold large sheets, struggle to operate  complex machines and to follow  instructions, and with organisation (but some of that might be my autism too). I'm aware I might have to pay to get fully assessed, but was just wondering if any of you are dyspraxic or have knowledge about this. I have no idea if I am or not, but I do have and/ or did have a fair number of potential signs, but not all. I struggle in some areas, not others, etc.

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  • Dyspraxia is a neurological disorder mainly affecting ones visuospecial processing abilities, that is to say, difficulty with discerning differences in your environment or field of vision, or relating different things together to form a whole -- i.e: problematic situations might be driving (multitasking), reading a map or graphs, reading a lot of information on a page and difficulty making sense of it (comprehension). Difficulty using an oven or machinary with lots of settings and buttons, or trouble with navigation and reading signs at an airport. Then what is known as 'proprioceptive' symptoms, such as problems with walking gait, hip imbalance and weak glutes (feel like one leg is shorter than other), difficulty dancing or performing expressive movements, or lack of sensitive and awareness (bumping into wall when entering a room, or person in a tight space).

    My diagnosis was that, while I am intelligent and capable of learning a task, I quite often require 'prompting' before I am able to identity the problem and solve it for myself -- the types of tasks I did were visual logic games, similar to Ravens Matrices and completing puzzles. I also had difficulty because I hadn't employed any useful strategies in solving a problem, these strategies all relate to breaking a problem in to parts and then following a logical procedure (mainly a problem with mathematics).

    The result of which means, for me, that I exhibit low levels of self sufficiency and resourcefulness. Ever watched The Apprentice? You can quickly identify someone that has this trait, if they are indecisive, poor at making quick and correct judgement calls, slow to find and adopt solutions to problems. The unfortunate thing is that this can be misinterpreted as showing a lack of intelligence, when if given enough time performance at the task is not effected. I also think more like an engineer, overanalysiing all possible outcomes before acting upon something, which can sometimes lead to inaction.

    From what I have read Dyspraxia is a known comorbidity. If you're desire is to seek therapy to help manage or rectify some of the problems you exhbit then it would be advisable to seek out a clinical behavioural therapist that has training in dyspraxia and learning disorders. You don't necessarily need a diagnosis if you can already identify that you have these problem areas.

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  • Dyspraxia is a neurological disorder mainly affecting ones visuospecial processing abilities, that is to say, difficulty with discerning differences in your environment or field of vision, or relating different things together to form a whole -- i.e: problematic situations might be driving (multitasking), reading a map or graphs, reading a lot of information on a page and difficulty making sense of it (comprehension). Difficulty using an oven or machinary with lots of settings and buttons, or trouble with navigation and reading signs at an airport. Then what is known as 'proprioceptive' symptoms, such as problems with walking gait, hip imbalance and weak glutes (feel like one leg is shorter than other), difficulty dancing or performing expressive movements, or lack of sensitive and awareness (bumping into wall when entering a room, or person in a tight space).

    My diagnosis was that, while I am intelligent and capable of learning a task, I quite often require 'prompting' before I am able to identity the problem and solve it for myself -- the types of tasks I did were visual logic games, similar to Ravens Matrices and completing puzzles. I also had difficulty because I hadn't employed any useful strategies in solving a problem, these strategies all relate to breaking a problem in to parts and then following a logical procedure (mainly a problem with mathematics).

    The result of which means, for me, that I exhibit low levels of self sufficiency and resourcefulness. Ever watched The Apprentice? You can quickly identify someone that has this trait, if they are indecisive, poor at making quick and correct judgement calls, slow to find and adopt solutions to problems. The unfortunate thing is that this can be misinterpreted as showing a lack of intelligence, when if given enough time performance at the task is not effected. I also think more like an engineer, overanalysiing all possible outcomes before acting upon something, which can sometimes lead to inaction.

    From what I have read Dyspraxia is a known comorbidity. If you're desire is to seek therapy to help manage or rectify some of the problems you exhbit then it would be advisable to seek out a clinical behavioural therapist that has training in dyspraxia and learning disorders. You don't necessarily need a diagnosis if you can already identify that you have these problem areas.

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