Perhaps it is one of the typically dyspraxic/DCD traits
- I wish they weren’t so clumsy
- They keep bumping into things
- They are covered in bruises
- We go to the emergency room too often
- They can’t help breaking things
- They are always spilling things
- They’re so untidy
- Their work is sloppy
- They’re messy
- Everything takes so much time with my child
- They lose things
- They get lost easily
Or maybe it is what is going on with their learning
- Every instruction needs to be repeated
- Every explanation needs to be rephrased
- They have a hard time learning procedures, even simple things
- They can’t get their books organized. They leave stuff at home or at school
- They can’t get plan their time… they’re late for lessons
- They may know the answer but can’t explain their process – or even understand how and why they know the answer.
- They struggle with writing or typing
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Perhaps they are not just dyspraxic – they may have other differences too
- They struggle with reading?
- It’s hard to get the ideas out in words or on paper
- They have a pronounced need to move
- They keep interrupting with random ideas or just find it hard to sit still
- They are distracted by sensory input:
- Too much sound, or too quiet.
- Clothing too tight or too loose, or just the feel of the seams or the fabric distracts them.
- Too much light, too little light, the wrong kind of light
- …or anything else in their environment that just gets in their way.
