Respect to the mother who captured the essence of this difficulty so succinctly.

I suffer dyspraixc. I became 2nd dan black belt of tae kwon I still suffered dyspraixa but I pround who I really am

I have dyspraxia. I am very clumsy, shy, I get stressed easily, I find it difficult to follow instructions, get confused, struggle to tell time and i am very poor at maths & telling time, bad at PE especially throwing and catching etc. Lots of people don't understand. it makes me upset.

I like that his mother understands him so deeply. It must have taken a lot of effort to gain so much knowledge about his condition. This could be taken for granted but I think it's not so obvious.

What a wonderful mother. So tuned into her son and his needs. Lots of love to their family.

"he knows what to achieve but his ability to show you what he achieved is difficult" . Couldn't agree more. I love painting and drawing, always had a huge ideas in my head, but my motoric skill couldn't achieve it. As a result, now I'm improving my writing, which need less motoric skills. Sometimes, I feel frustated.

In school Me: I have dyspraxia Others: DoNt YoU mEaN DySLeXiA Me 🤦🏽‍♂️

I'm dyspraxia and I remember I was a lot slower than any1 els and I would allweys be the tigger in tig and wos in the bottom spelling group. But now I am in Oxford university for my 2 nd year

I have dyspraxia. the way I got through the 'constant falling' was by taking ballet lessons.

I got diagnosed at 18, back in school the teachers used to say “you’re not concentrating”

I was diagnosed with Dyspraxia in primary school, and as I have gone through education and since becoming a teacher myself; I have learnt many strategies to cope. Organisation, Social Interaction, Sensory Information, and Cognitive Functions are all factors which can lead to confusion, frustration, stress or tiredness. I am use to monitoring the impact it has, and change things if needed. Dyspraxia is a interesting condition and often occurs in highly intelligent people.

i'm dyspraxic i do get annoyed with myself because i can't do things like other people can.

This is exactly how I experience dyspraxia, looking back at how I was as a child. No one knew of course. Just a struggle. But I'm still here. Good luck James, you have a great foundation , family support to build your life from. I'm sure everything will be fine :)

this made me cry as its the best explanation i have heard over it my son has dyspraxia ADHD sensory and mild learning difficulties and its hard when he is in a down mood as he gets it from all his conditions at once so hard to bring him back up again

I don't have dyspraxia but I still completely relate to all of the comments of people talking about what they're like with dyspraxia. I don't really know how to feel about that...

Im dyspraxic and I was wondering if other people who have been diagnosed also deal with muscle memory issues like I do. So an example would be: I learnt to ride my bike at the age of 10, and after a few years the bike was too small and I never ended up getting another one, but now im 20 and its like ive forgotten how to ride one completely, as if I never learnt in the first place. Same deal with swimming, I used to have lessons and be one of the strongest swimmers I knew, and now I can barely keep myself afloat while out of my depth.

I am turning 20 really soon and and was diagnosed with dyspraxia at age 9, even though i did see doctors before that. people i know just don't understand how it is for me each day, they think i'm just being "lazy", tried to get a job at summer camps, applied for 20, never got hired by any. i am just so happy that i recieved a scholarship for people with disabilties in college thats paying for my all of my schooling. finally learning to drive, and it is very difficult.

Anyone hate when people think that your dyslexic when u tell them u have dyspraxia

Please, don't give up! Accept yourself the way you are. Tomorrow's another dawn, another day. You're very young. The whole life before you. You just need to find yourself in the world. Slowly, lots of things will come and enrich your life. Do not lose hope and believe in yourself. You feel lonely and that worsens your situations. One good friend could completely change the way you see the things now. There are people somewhere in the world who you'd be good friends with.

I was diagnosed with dyspraxia from the age of 4 or 5 as in nursery I'd have no spacial awareness what so ever like I would be in the classroom but I'd be literally sitting on people's laps or just really really close to them. It got so bad one boy got really annoyed at me and pushed me off the climbing frame. In my early primary years I used to get in trouble a lot for staring out of the window, not paying attention and just overall lack of communication with the teachers and this was all due to my dyspraxia. Like the women said in the video about her son that people would just look at him and go oh what's wrong with him that's like me now. When I was younger I took these classes called Beams which helped with my coordination now I'm 15 and I'm no way near as bad as I was just have the odd lack of concentration and my organisation is so out its rubbish to be honest. I just have to accept that I have it and move on you know? People with dyspraxia are just like others, no different so don't think you are. We are as capable as anybody else.

I live in Dublin Ireland, dyspraxia makes my writing look pretty bad, I'm always messy (my nickname is messy Megan) I'm always jumping around, dyspraxia is actually what makes me me! I had to get to a therapist and she helped me deal with it, she always asked me to run around and I loved it! I also joined yoga to try help me relax..it didn't really work XD, I have trouble falling asleep at night. Like if you also have dyspraxia.

What I hate as a parent is how, my sons primary school let this go by for 7 years, he wasn't bullied, apparently he was the antagoniser, after first year at high school, he was shouted at by teachers, considered lazy, and annoying to other classmates, I didn't understand how he suffered in English with a teacher he didn't like, but achieves 90+% in French and Spanish, I'm dont agree that memory suffers with dyspraxia, my sons can remember a pack of cards, he can remember everything, good and bad, worst time is nights, when he can't sleep, I would like a idea to help him get rest so he can grow. you can be what you want to be #nevergiveup. The school has now recognised dyspraxia may be the cause for his bad writing in second year, but they need help and support on this, by the time this comes, it could be 3rd year, and only a year from exams, what the fk has the primary school been doing.

Our son who's fast approaching 40 now, was never formally diagnosed with dyspraxia but as a child he had bad co-ordination, couldn't concentrate, was a dreamer in class and was pretty much in a different world. He could work things out mentally but terrible at writing things down. He did very badly at school. I read about an institue in Chester which helped children like him. Well he went to a therapist (I had to pay) for around a year. She made him do some very strange exercises, very slow and deliberate. She asked if he crawled as a baby, no he didn't and this apparently is very important for co-ordintion etc. It all sounded mumbo jumbo to do with shutting off different stages of development before moving on and he hadn't done that. Anyway to cut a long story short, it worked. He went from not reading at all to a couple of books a month. He could thrash across the swimming pool but couldn't do his arms and legs at the same time, he could after the treatment. His writing improved along with his co-ordination. At one stage before this happened I believed he would be unemployable but he left school and worked for a few diffent companies with no problems. He also passed his driving test at 17 another thing at one time, I never thought possible.

i so relate to this as i was diagnosed as a child there wasnt the help there when i was a child im going back to the 70s i talked early but didnt walk til i was over 2 years old. thank you for posting this up.

This was a really good explanation.

I was diagnosed with dyslexia late September last year. I had my assessment for dyslexia for my disabled student allowance, hopefully to help with university this year, yesterday. They decided to test for dyspraxia as well, and hey presto, I have it as well.

What a FANTASTIC video on Dyspraxia/apraxia.. just awsome! My son has Verbal Dyspraxia, is 25 months in speech therapy.. yet to see if the dyspraxia is motor yet or not.. his overall gross motor skills arent the best. Walked at 18 months, still cant kick a ball at 2 yrs etc etc

I have dyspraxia, I have to sometimes read out loud to remember stuff and I fall over nearly every day. I write differently and hold my pen differently and some people can’t understand what I’m saying because my voice is so slurred

im 14 years old and i also have this it make every day a challenge but im determined never to give up

amazing video.

This Explains Me Exactly

She's an excellent mother.

im edzacly the same school is annoying cos i know what i want i can see it in my head but i dont know how to get it out of my head and onto paper

I have Dyspraxia I Get Frustrated When I Cant Do Something

my son was diagnosed with dyspraxia yesterday. I've got him in occupational and speech therapy and trying to get him ABA threapy

Luckily I only had very mild dyspraxia, meaning I had to work on throwing, catching, balancing under sporting conditions (though those three are still fairly shit) and that kind of stuff. I'm realising that I'm fortunate to not have it affecting my speech and mobility, and a sympathise with anyone who had the condition.

I so wish my parents could watch this video.

Hi, I'm 23 years old and I have had many of those symptoms that are described in this video, and for the first time in my life I seem to have an answer on where all my problems come from.

This scared me I thought I was on the internet (I am also a brit called James with dyspraxia

All schools should have an understanding of dyspraxia or dyslexia by realising that its something that your born with but some teachers and parents are so ignorant that they are the problem not the child but many dyspraxic or dyslexic children become very successful in adult life we all have strengths and weaknesses never be angry with someone whose cordinaition or literacy is not as good as someone else's because they will be exceptional at other things

Thank you for this, My daughter who just turned 4 was DX"d with this and Aperixa at 2 years old. she goes threw alot of issues at home and sometimes at school. she will Hit the teachers and me and daddy. all we can do is try our hardest to understand her or she gets frustrated very easy and goes in to a tantrum. she has O.T, and P.T 3 times a week for an hr. each and she also has speech and special instruction 3 times a week for either a half hr or an hr. each session at school.

I wonder how James is doing in 2024. My son has dyspraxia so I would like to support him as much as I can

i know you have to i been thought that i was bullied in my last two schools now i am in school for special needs kids are its there to help i am dyspraxia as well and sometimes i think no one understands me but thanks for the videos it helps me to explain to the people

I have dyspraxia but i dont have any motor inabilities im very good at hurling which is an irish sport which involves very good hand-eye co-ordination and also good at catching rugby balls. Im fairly shy for a 15 year old but can still socialise fairly well and i dont talk out loud but I don’t have any routines and can ignore instructions fairly easily and also getting up early for a match or school can be hard because i am very tired and dont listen well but im slowly getting better at that. Another problem with my dyspraxia is that i also have dysgraphia so i type on a keyboard but really that doesnt hold me back because i learnt to type very fast and can type faster than writing which helps with tests. But if you think if you have dyspraxia you should get a test quicker than you think and you shouldnt wait because the more time you dont get help the more you will fall behind because thats what started happening to me but now im ahead in school so really do think about getting a test.

I have dyspraxia I’m very clumsy and I get stressed so when I’m stressed I need to fidget or I will get annoyed with myself

Im dyspraxia and dyslexic and got alot more special needs I also have a righting slope

Going to get an official disgnosis soon. Can't wait, because it will stop be getting shouted at when I don't change fast enough for PE, or when I'm not working fast enough for FT. I am super clumsy, can't ride a bike or skii and I struggle to tie shoelaces. Teachers are always shouting at me to go faster, or to do as they say, but when the school gets emailed, I will have things such as extra time to change in PE and not get debited because I'm not whisking fast enough or something. I get very annoyed when people think I'm dyslexic, I'm not. Obviously, for some people the coordination affects their writing and drawing, but for me it's practical tasks. I have always been clumsy and 100% NOT diy... never thought there was a reason.

As someone who has dyspraxia I actually find this video extremely offensive. Yes, it is informative and the symptoms mentioned were accurate however I feel people’s opinions on dyspraxia goes between two extremes. People either know nothing about it and refuse acknowledge it or see it as a major issue that will always massively impact the individual’s life, this is incorrect. I did dance, swimming and cycling as a child, had one of the best balances out of all my peers, achieved 10 GCSEs, have a fast-paced job where I am constantly busy multitasking and I am now confidently working through my a-levels. My parents thankfully treated me the same as every other child and I excelled. I had one teacher in primary who treated me as if I had a serious problem and to be honest I hated her and that period of my life which I still find difficult to look back on as I felt like a test subject. I was bullied and singled out because of how one teacher treated me. I don’t need special treatment, I need help when I feel it’s necessary. I can learn like anyone else, I just take slightly longer. I don’t needed to be treated like I have some sort of stress or anger issues, I am human being not my disability (or whatever else you wish to call it). And I am definitely NOT HANDICAPPED! The fact that term was even mentioned in this video frankly disgusts me. That derogatory word should NEVER be used to describe anyone in my opinion. I am just me... I am not my dyspraxia.

I was born in 1969, back nothing was notice. i have always had problems with grip and motor skills. 4 me and my family it's only took the few yrs 2 know what may have been the problems i have all my life even so 4 proof it's for me 2 get diagnosed. 2 make what i have seem on this clip is not much difference 2 me. some barriers i have over come but i guess at 44 some r there 4 me 4 the rest of my life but i hope for those younger or a lot younger than me will get a lot more support than what i did.

@youdickhed I'm the same, my counsellor thinks I may be dyspraxic but I'm certainly not as bad as this kid because I've managed to get quite far without any sort of diagnosis and I think my problem has only come out under a lot of pressure and now that I'm 22. I think it's interesting that two people who are potential dyspraxics both have awesome youtube handles.

when my daughter was 7 an educational psychologist diagnosed her with dyspraxia.She is 22 now and has never been able to ride a bike,catch a ball,and still ties her shoe laces weird.Hasn't affected much of her life as she grew into adulthood.

I'm going through this now I have an 2 1/2 year old and the GP and health visitors won't listen to me his signs are so strong and have been since 9 months old he's completely different and it's so frustrating I have a massive fight on my hands with this one and getting help x

Is this a very common thing from the U.K.? I'm from the U.S. and I suspect I have it because of all the challenges in learning and was clumsy and shy. My 3rd great grandparents, the Kemps came from Poole Dorset England in the 1840s.

Hi, have you thought about integrating primitive reflexes exercises? These have proved very successful for my child. Her frustration levels, her physical abilities, her coordination, and her social skills have all improved greatly. Some professionals believe dyspraxia is due to infantile reflexes not being integrated into the brain at the correct time, and that this is what causes all the symptoms of dyspraxia.

I am wondering if James is dyslexic as well, my son is dyslexic and shows mind forms of dyspraxia, I personally think these things go hand in hand...

oml i need those pencil grips they would help my writing so much.

My teachers in primary school thought I was Dyspraxic because I was slow at getting changed, had rubbish balance (still do), couldn't catch or throw a ball properly and... I can't remember what there other reasons were...

Ah.. I wondering what is Dyspraxia, and this video made me understand what is Dyspraxia basically. By the way this video also made me wondering where is my LEGOs.. I couldn't saw that since almost 20 years ago..

I have dyspraxia as well

Thank you for your comments, that is helping me greatly to realize exactly what we are dealing with and what to expect. Course us parents find ourselves stressed depressed as well. We work together. I am like stressed to be on end. And depressed. I believe I am trying to do this all by myself and realizing it’s not working. but with my grandson who is nine who has been diagnosed with apraxia of speech and dyslexia. He has flunked kindergarten he still cannot read a little bit of writing. Maybe that’s it. I just need help with the court. He’s got to know every single thing I’m saying what am I going to do? Who are you talking to? What are we going to do today. He has got to have his nose into everything I’m doing. He cannot stand not knowing, he gets very unhappy and bothered. almost as if he thinks he’s got to be the adult. He’s having trouble finding his way and I’m finding it very hard to lead. Someone please help me. Online anything does not help. Hands-on is always the most in at most best way of anything.

My sister Naomi has dyspraxia. She's struggling a lot with dyspraxia. She was diagnosed with dyspraxia by her physician.

My memory is terrible and I tend to forget if I said yes in the register so I have to ask someone if I say yes

2005? That's a year before I got diagnosed lol

Hi. I'm from Romania, my son seems to have the same problems. Here there is no help that we can get, save for their saying that "he's lazy" and so on. I've seen your video and I am so very interested in finding the pencil grabs you showed on the video that you use for helping your child with writing. This is a big problem with my son, and as you said he is becoming frustrated seeing he cannot do it. Could you please let me know where can I find such pencil grabs? Many thanks in advance.

did he take long ta talk?

actually there is something thats called aquired dyspraxia. Its formed after a brain injury to the head.

I have struggled with Dispraxia for 14 years and only just got a diagnosis

don't worry u will soon get it like i have dyspraixa i prove to my self the day i couldn't think i could bancle a cone on my head and i did and i though i wasn't able to kick it but i did that has help me alot

I agree too,but caged in chaos by victoria briggs really helped me cope if that helps :)

I am SEVERELY dyspraxic. So bad that at the age of 10 it was suggested that I should go to special school. I'm depressed all the time as I cannot do anything, I try and try and fail. I hate this condition and only as an 18 year old at university I am tired of life already this is horrible condition. It's affects are the worst-I have poor social skills (no friends) Extremely low self es stem and confidence should I end it all?

I have dyspaxia and I am very fidgety as one part of it and sometimes I do it on class and people were making fun of me and said i was always acting like I was scared

I am also an adult dyspaxic sufferer, unfortunately there is not a lot of help or support for us in the uk.

my son has this but he hates to get changed or wash , any one got the same problem , he also would never try sauces or meals that are a bit more classy

im 17 and people have called my writing ugly all my life, my mother used to beat me for it i was always ridiculed for everything i did and people told me that i looked retarded no matter what i was doing it feels good to know that its not my fault so i can stop beating my self up over it

I have dispraxia and I always have trouble with other people and they make me angry

My son that is 3 1/2 also is dyspraxic. didn't start talking till he was 3 and still is in therapy. He also has a lot of sensory issues. I have some videos on my youtube if you could watch them and let me know if your son is similar.

I have this I thought I was alone

I also have dyspraxia. Its really embarrasing to have one where most of the time like ive been clumsy twice a week where i always drop some items like foods or fragile items. Nevertheless its so embarrasing that i did in front of my parents. I really need to stop this and i hate for being one.

I have it also 17 years passed all my exams did something I did not expect to do to I can do anything

does dyspraxia go away? or you shell have dyspraxia forever?

Please Help them wish I took learning seriously as a Child. Please protect them they get bullied in school and teachers never take their sides. My advice is make sure you listen to your support teacher and tell them what affects you. I was bullied and still am as an adult. People with dyspraxia or any form of disabilities are vulnerable to abuse. I mean emotional and people who take advantage we are nice people and people take liberties. If you have a friend to talk to it’s good have someone that cares about you just remember there are other people who are worse than you. Be strong. I really feel that one with dyspraxia should have support teacher social worker And at least she a therapist to help with the emotional side. We are so nice people and other people hurt us it’s hard as long as you have a friend or someone to support you. I know it’s hard just ignore bullies it’s unfair teachers let them get away with it.

when your younger it might be bad as this or waits until you getting a littler bit older and it might comes like this

This video demonstrates an antiquated and confused understanding of dyspraxia

I have dyspraxia But it doesn’t really affect me much negatively in my primary school because there’s only 28 of us in my year but I’m going too high school next year and I’m going up from 28 in my year too 200 and I’m scared because some teachers won’t understand my dyspraxia, I had a sub teacher that was like that and I came home crying every day. The ways my dyspraxia affects me is I am fidgety and I move around a lot my hand writing is messy and almost unreadable sometimes I am awful at shooting in sports or any racket sports I couldn’t tie my school tie or shoe laces until I was 10 and I’m clumsy and I have trouble sleeping at night I participate in alot of sports (swimming netball football)because I have a lot of Energy even though I never try too score (i usually play centre in netball and defence in football) I’m happy with my dyspraxia and it makes me, me

@timotei1996 dont worry my freinds dad is a doc and hes dyspraxic u can do it!

I have dyspraxia im very very disorganised my writing is horrible i find maths and other subjects very hard i also have dyslexia and dyscalceia is the baddest out of all of them for me in maths espiecially

Ive been told my son has suspected dyspraxia! Hes only 3 and were always trying different things to help him with the problems he encounters! What the woman said about making choices really rang true with me and my wife because if we give my son a choice theres times where he just kicks off because its 2 much for him! People that havent seen it firsthand cant understand properly how hard it is! Anyone else know what i mean?

I have mild dyspraxia I’m very good at football and track but I just sometimes shake

I have it

I have dyspraxia but I don’t believe it’s a handicap is it a handicap?

I have dispraxia but my coordinations are good so I don’t understand

I have dyspraxia and mild autism and I find it hard at primary school I got called a pervet and I was sleeping with James Bond

you will if you try here i tell me and you alike i have dyspraxia i get stuck on maths and get really mad if i can't do i don't want to be a doctor but i want to be child carer

I'm in medical school now

I have dyslexia two

I came here because I thought dyspraxia could explain my poor memory (knowledge) of roads and paths

I have hypermobility, dyslexia and dyspepsia

I know a kid in my school who seems to love to annoy people and if you get mad he just laughs or smiles and keeps doing it. At one point he kept pulling my hood over my head​ and I shoved​ him cause it got really annoying and his facial expression was really weird and too weird to describe.He did that to other kids too. but in class he is annoying to other kids and I noticed when other kids are writing he has only written 4 or 5 words while other kids have written nearly a paragraph(in about 2 minutes). He also holds his pencil weird and takes forever to write and or type. When he walks his feet are crooked and he also makes loud sudden outbursts at inappropriate times that he thinks are funny but other kids laugh with pity. Do you think this kid has Dyspraxia? I'm worried cause I don't want someone to hurt him because they don't know or don't care that he has a mental illness.

@TSDREX Forever. But you learn to live with it. Usually only a 'handicap' until about 11 maybe. I wasn't talking until 4 years old and I had bad function with basic motor skills such as catching etc. Like she said people with dyspraxia learn to live with it and adapt their own way of living. It is kind of a handicap but it is not an excuse not do things.

i have verbal and motor dyspraxia, i think the verbel part is very severe and the motor part is abit more than mild if that makes any sense?? anyway...i made a couple of vids about dyspraxia so check them out :) and dont forget to comment :) hehe