Symptoms of dyspraxia
People with dyspraxia show some of the following symptoms. Others have a Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) and show several symptoms as well, but have no motor problems. Very few people have all the symptoms.
Emotions
Children with dyspraxia are often immature and exaggerate their emotions. They find it hard to forgive and are inconstant or unpredictable. Some are excessively loving, whilst others may disgust someone after a bad acquaintance.Behaviour
The behaviour of children with dyspraxia is immature as well. They may not be aware of what kind of behaviour is expected from them, or misbehave due to problems with time, touch or three-dimensional orientation. A child that is uncertain of their own position, may be easily upset when people come too close. Others may retaliate things that have happened long since.Sometimes their behaviour is the result of frustration. For example, when a child has worked hard for a full day without performing well and has to take extra effort to keep up with their classmates, they may be unreasonable or irritated when they come home.
Parents of children with dyspraxia are closest to them and may experience swearing and even hitting. These children only hurt others when they feel comfortable and change into immature, frustrated children at home.
Some don't want to be ignored and act as the class's clown.
Perception
How do we perceive the world around us, the size, speed, shape, colour and time? We can estimate the position of an airplane by its sound. We learn the values of terms like morning, afternoon and evening thanks to our understanding of time rather than looking at a clock.Young children with dyspraxia often don't consciously experience morning and evening, and learn the days of the week only slowly. Teenagers are unable to recite the months in a year. Telling the time is another difficulty, just like handling money.
Many of them find it hard to navigate, even in a small school it may take a long time for them to get used and they may never remember the way in a large school. These children require supervision even in a safe environment, they easily get lost when they can't see the supervisor or the supervisor can't see them.