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Symptoms of Dyspraxia

A child with dyspraxia can be of  below, average or above intelligence.  However they are often behaviourally immature and may have great difficulty in planning and organising thoughts and understanding logic and reason.

Gross and fine motor skills are hard to learn, difficult to retain and may be hesitant and awkward in performance. This is characterised by clumsiness, walking awkardly and problems throwing and catching objects.

Articulation may be immature or even unintelligible in early years. Language may be impaired or late to develop.

There is a poor understanding of the messages that the senses convey and difficulty in relaying those messages to actions.

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