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• 1. Sue Salisbury  |  January 29th, 2007 at 2:03 pm

  Dawn,
  Thank you for you tick box assessment for Dysgraphia. We have down these tests and our son shows 17 out of the 35 signs.I did the dyslexia one and apart for m the writing section showed no other signs of dyslexia. Were do we go from here. I was thinking of contacting Dyslexia Qld. for help as we are in Brisbane. Do you have contacts in Qld. Iwould also like to purchase your book but don’t want to download it. Do you have it in print I can order and get it sent. Of all the sites on the net yours has been the ost helpful and hopefully there is light at athe end of the tunnel for Jack
  Thanks
  Sue Salisbury

• 2. Vicki White  |  September 12th, 2007 at 8:17 pm

  My 11 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD 3 years ago and is on a high dose of Ritalin which helps his behaviour during school hours, I beleive he has ADHD, but as time goes on I feel there is more to it. I had not heard of Dyspraxia until we commenced the DORE program, but what I have seen makes me think they are describing my child, is it possible for a child to have a combination of ADHD, dyspraxia and asperges? He seems to have symptoms of all 3? Is it worth putting him through more assessments and testing, or should I just find out as much as I can myself and provide all I can to support him through his journey of life? I would love to be able to take him off his medication, however his behaviour without it is so inappropriate , he is not destructive or naughty,just his thought processes take him way outside the normal boundaries of his peers he is considered “wierd” etc. I have just completed your tick assessment and he rated 26/35. Could you please send me some more information on what to do to help my son.
  Kind regards
  Vicki

• 3. carolyne drew  |  September 20th, 2007 at 2:27 am

  my 8 year old in grade 2 has prev been diagnosed adhd and was medicated..now he is unmedicated and has been on the DORE program for 9 months and the school psych says he is dyslexic..i am wondering if he is dyspraxic too. where can i go for help in perth wa

• 4. Julianne Molnar  |  October 15th, 2007 at 10:19 am

  My now 10 year old daughter was diagnosed with non-verbal dyspraxia at the age of 6 after being assessed. A recent assessment now says that she is intellectally disabled. My daughter is a very vibrant, happy child who absolutely loves school and tries her hardest with all she does. Her reading ability is improving all the time, her spelling needs help but she is quite good with phonetics her writing is neat but this takes time and effort (hence tiring). It is her maths that is the real concern. I would be interested to know if there are any computer programs that could help a child such as mine with learning difficulties. Also can you recommend tutoring help in Melbourne. Thank you

• 5. Liz  |  July 28th, 2008 at 10:43 am

  My son Ryan is 6yrs and 3 months. He is in year 1 in Qld. I have been called up to the school 5 times already and he has been seen by Qld health G.P, Physio and O.T. Ryan has low muscle tone that affects many areas and is struggling in the classroom and socially. He is also very big and tall for his age which bothers me in making the decision to repeat him. I completed your test for 3-7yr olds and ticked 19 boxes. What should I do know. If he has dyspraxia wouldn’t one of these specialists he has seen picked it up?

• 6. Dawn Matthews  |  July 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

  hi Liz
  did you complete the dyspraxia test or the dyslexia one? do both and get back to me. children are not necessarily picked up australia as assessment seems sometimes to be very muddled. if you think he’s dyspraxic then an occupational therapist is who you want. dyspraxia can be helped a great deal at this age if you do all the correct exercises etc. i talk a lot about this in my guide on dyspraxia.

  dyspraxia is a perception problem and these kids have spatial problems which can be sorted with the right treatment early enough. s
  o the bok will help you but push your doctor for a full occupational therapy test.
  cheers
  dawn

• 7. helen lee  |  August 25th, 2008 at 9:04 pm

  hi just found this site i have a 12 year old who was diagnosed with verbal dyspraxia at 18 mnths old and also motor dyspraxia [think i got that right] at the same time its been a long hard slog then we also found out he has ADHD also he is medicated for that he goes to a special school as he couldnt cope with the bullies in mainstream ,been very good for him he hates change have to set everything out for him and tell him in advance what were doing,going back to the school thing he has had trouble with one child through the school he goes to now this other child is touching my son and just keeps following my son everywhere he goes ive been to the school phoned them etc…. nothing is working and my son comes home so sos angry and i cant do anything with him then when he cant take anymore he just explodes PLEASE HELP he will be going bck to school in 2 weeks.helen

• 8. Julie Canning  |  September 7th, 2008 at 2:47 am

  My daughter who has just turned 6 suffers from hypermobility and stuggles at school with her work and every day life. I have done the tick list you provided and i ticked about 18-20 as on some of them she only finds certan things abit difficult. Would i have to go to my own doctor to get referred to a specialist on this matter to see if she suffers from dyspraxia? We have been to the hospital last year but only saw a child development doctor.
  I would be gratful for any help on this matter
  Regards
  Julie Canning

• 9. Mary Anne  |  September 30th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

  I’m wondering if you have a list of OT’s specialising in dyspraxia. My 11 yo saw an OT earlier and she recommended that we continue making him work on handwriting at home but not spend money seeing her weekly. A learning behaviour specialist has since recommended that ‘bypass strategies’ be employed like laptops, etc. I still feel some OT would benefit him in getting his brain working, etc. Not surprisingly, he avoids all sports but swimming. He is doing well at SPELD in Melbourne and performs best one on one but they are helping him grasp concepts in Math and work on spelling. I’m interested to know if people have experienced success with the DORE program, which we also considered. I hate taking him to specialist after specialist and have generally stopped everything but the SPELD because he once said to me, “I don’t want to go to see someone else. I like the way I am. Why do you want to change me?” I don’t want to continually focus on his challenges but I want to help him reach his potential as much as possible. Am already worrying about high schools. Any advice would be appreciated.

• 10. maria roberts  |  October 7th, 2008 at 3:10 am

  I think my daugher is dyspraxic but dont know where to get her tested or who i go and see for help do i take her to the doctors if anyone can help i would be very happy.

• 11. Dawn Matthews  |  October 8th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

  I’m wondering if you have a list of OT’s specialising in dyspraxia. My 11 yo saw an OT earlier and she recommended that we continue making him work on handwriting at home but not spend money seeing her weekly. A learning behaviour specialist has since recommended that ‘bypass strategies’ be employed like laptops, etc. I still feel some OT would benefit him in getting his brain working, etc. Not surprisingly, he avoids all sports but swimming. He is doing well at SPELD in Melbourne and performs best one on one but they are helping him grasp concepts in Math and work on spelling. I’m interested to know if people have experienced success with the DORE program, which we also considered. I hate taking him to specialist after specialist and have generally stopped everything but the SPELD because he once said to me, “I don’t want to go to see someone else. I like the way I am. Why do you want to change me?” I don’t want to continually focus on his challenges but I want to help him reach his potential as much as possible. Am already worrying about high schools. Any advice would be appreciated.

  thanks for emailing. i have tried very hard to get lists of people who can help but so far very few people have come forward with information. the Dore program is designed for dyspraxics. i thought that they had gone under though.

  it is very important to give him tasks that improve his hand eye brain communication. if you do enough of this early enough he can be almost completely cured. i have done this myself with many dyspraxic kids. however a lot of what you can do is very simple and easy and described in my book dyspraxia – a guide for parents and teachers. i do not as yet have hard copies but you can buy it downloadable.

  yes i agree i would always teach a dyspraxic kid work processing skills rather than hand writing.

  the other very important thing is to get him to totally understand is time. i talk about this in the book also.

  get back to me with more specifics if you want.
  cheers
  dawn

• 12. peter purcell  |  November 4th, 2008 at 8:36 am

  i tried using the test but it did not seem to come up can you please let me know some ways of helping my son with verbal dyspraxia.
  i would really appriciate the help
  thank you before hand
  yours sincerly
  peter

• 13. Lisa Catanzariti  |  February 3rd, 2009 at 11:13 am

  Hi my name is Lisa. I have a 15 year old daughter Sarah who has verbal dyspraxia and is intellectually disabled. She has always attended a special school. She has always had occupational and speech theraphy up until a couple of years ago. Im a bit lost with her at the moment. I want her to have some sort of therapy or tutoring at home but I don’t know where to turn. We stopped speech therapy a couple of years ago because Sarah was becoming very defiant and unco-operative. Shes a little bit older now and I think she might be a little more co-operative with some sort of therapy. Speech therapists are hard to get onto. I did see my old speech therapist late last year and she wasn’t that helpful. Sarah has braces on at the moment and my speech therapist told me not to do anything until she gets her braces off. I would like some home tutoring of some sort so if you know of anyone that could help me please let me know. I live in Melbourne. Thank you and look forward to hearing from someone.

• 14. Audrey Currie  |  April 11th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

  My 8 year old daughter has VCFS, she recently under went surgery to repair her soft palate. This has helped a little with the clarity of her speech, however she still struggles greatly with both oral and verbal dyspraxia. She has been attending speech therapy since 4 and more recently a tutor for one on one help with comprehension and language skills for school. It appears that she does not suffer from motor dyspraxia, as both her gross and fine motor skills are great. She both crawled and walked at age appropriate times, she also learnt to ride a tri-cycle and bicycle at a younger age than most of her peers.

  Do you have any suggestions or exercises that might help her dyspraxia. It just breaks my heart when she asks me “why don’t I speak the same” and “I try hard mum”!

• 15. Kim  |  May 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm

  Hi Dawn, I have clicked on the ‘download adobe link’ and it was installed successfully. I am trying to do the tick test for the 3-7yos (as I am certain that my daughter suffers from dyspraxia). For some unknown reason, when I click on the 3-7yo link, I receive a message “the webpage cannot be found”. Has the webpage been moved by chance ? Could you possibly send me a document separately so I can do the check ? I await your reply. ThankU Kim

• 16. Admin  |  May 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm

  Hi Kim
  Please try refreshing the page as I have just tested all 3 links.

  Thanks ever so much

• 17. Lizzi  |  July 15th, 2009 at 7:43 pm

  Hi,

  I’m an adult and have suspected for a little while I’m dyspraxic. Just did the dyspraxia test and scored 31 out of 35 – suspect I could be right! I live in the UK, but am just wondering what the best thing to do from here is?

• 18. Meeta Ramesh  |  July 24th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

  Hi,

  My son has a diagnosis of PDD-NOS, but his symptoms are very much like Dyspraxia. I have looked at the tick box test and most of the situations are applicable to my son. He is 12 years old. I am writing to you to find out how I can get him properly diagnosed and to find out what treatments are available for his condition.

  I hope you can assist and look forward to hearing from you.

  Kind regards,
  Meeta

• 19. Hannah  |  July 28th, 2009 at 12:30 am

  Hi there,

  I have a six and a half year old daughter with a yet undiagosed developmental disability incorporating a seizure disorder, extremely low muscle tone, hyper-mobility and she is also the height and weight of a 12-14 year old. Her IQ was 78 at age four and a half, to be on the severe disability register it must be 75 or below so she misses out on funding in school and is slowly regressing. Some professionals mentioned dispraxia and after checking your survey she has ticked 29/35 boxes. What does this mean for her and where do I go from here?

  Thanks Hannah

• 20. matthew  |  September 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

  hi miss gander do i be good at school

• 21. Antonia Canaris  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 am

  I have just learned about a dyspraxia workshop that is being held at Coff’s harbour and Brisbane in April. It is on education and dyspraxia. for Further information contact the Australian Dyspraxia Association (ADA) at

  info@dyspraxia.com.au

  I hope that this will be helpful information

• 22. Lynette Sayers  |  February 12th, 2010 at 8:11 am

  Please be aware that the Australian Dyspraxia Association Inc (ADA) correct contact is
  information@dyspraxia.com.au
  So good of Antonia to inform all.

• 23. Kaitlin Patane  |  February 20th, 2010 at 3:58 pm

  I got 26 out of 35, I seriously think i have it, Now what do i do…Do i get a diagnosis? Will it Help? And how do i get a diagnoses?

• 24. tracey  |  March 11th, 2010 at 2:27 am

  I was informed at my 6yr old son’s parents evening that he needs a lot of one to one,has difficulty concentrating and can not hold a pen properly amongst other things.I have always thought that my son was different to other children.He has a half brother who was diagnosed with Dyspraxia at an early age,I see alot of similarities.I have just done the test for 3-7 yr old and my son scored 26.I live in Wales in the UK and have no idea how to get him tested/diagnosed any advice you could give me would be gratefully appreciated

• 25. Nicole pearson  |  March 18th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

  Hi,
  I just did the test and my 5 year old who scored 33. I thought she may have been dyslexic and is on a waiting list to be diognosed by a pediatrian. Maybe she has Dyspraxia or both? I am confused!!
  Nicki.

• 26. Amber  |  March 22nd, 2010 at 6:23 am

  I took this myself instead of my mother taking it nd got 23 out of a possible 35. I also tend to have problems with making food for myself or making a cup of tea for my parents. I sometimes have problems washing my hair and until about 2 years ago, I could’nt work a shower. I’m 13 and my sister is 11 and she can do all that stuff and she sometimes looks down on me. However, I am extremely good at Maths and have good handwriting but at school I’m unreliable for handing in homework. My parents have never thought I would be dyspraxic so I will have to tell them that I may be slightly.

• 27. Julie  |  August 25th, 2010 at 8:58 am

  Where can i get my daughter tested for dyspraxia she is seventeen ? you i get a list of specialists able to do this ?

  Thank You Julie

• 28. Aisling Dooley  |  September 7th, 2010 at 8:31 pm

  I am in tears my son has had long term difficulty for years now, and only this week his teacher suggested he might have dyspraxia. I am so pleased for him that we can now access some help. He is such a beautiful boy.

• 29. nicole kathryn hallatt  |  October 26th, 2010 at 11:19 am

  hi
  my6 year old son recently sat the WPPSI test and scored extreemly low but i have been reading all the litriture about it and i think he is a very intelligent human being but in his own way.. i did the tick test for dyspraxia and he scored 27.. i am wondering if he is dysgraphic would that effect WPPSI and another thing that struck was a statement that they become extreamly caring and sympathetic.. that is my son emmanuel..

• 30. Kerry  |  October 28th, 2010 at 7:48 am

  Hi, I cant seem to get the 3-7 test running. Ive downloaded Abode reader but I get a message saying it cannot run and will now close.

  I believe my 3 year old daughter is showing a lot of the signs outlined in symptoms of Dyspraxia. She has trouble dressing, often seems to fall over ‘nothing’, has difficulty following simple orders, finds it hard to listen, cant control volume of voice (either shouts or mumbles), never answers a question no matter how simply put, but asks lots of questions over and over again even when it has already been answered.

  Otherwise she is very clever and seems hungry to learn but we find it difficult to get her calm, still and quiet enough to actually teach her simple things other 3 year olds can do with ease. Im worried she will start to suffer when she starts school next year.

  Although I know most toddlers can be clumsy, spill things, can be hyperactive and have tantrums but she just seems really hard work compared to friends children.

  Thanks

  Kerry.

• 31. Sarah  |  October 28th, 2010 at 11:51 pm

  Hello, I have a wonderful 5 and a half year old son who almost certainly has dyspraxia and possibly dyslexia. He is having a really hard time with literacy and had big challenges learning to speak correctly too. I understand there is a testing centre in Perth but i can’t find any contact details in your site? If you would be able to pass them on, that would be fantastic! Thanks!

• 32. lisa meads  |  November 5th, 2010 at 9:14 am

  help! Please! been through all this before with my 12 yr old who was diagnosed as severely dyspraxic! I have an 8 yr old who is really struggling at school with reading, writing, pe, undertanding verbal instructions and concentration! Am banging my head against a brick wall with the school dispite family history although the have referred to speech and language and found he has problems with word finding, working memory and understanding!
  No one will tell me how to get my son tested for dyspraxia and dyslexia and keep getting past from school to g.p to speech and language back to school back to g.p and so on in the meantime my son is loosing confidence and i am increasingly frustrated! It all seems to have changed since i last battled the system!
  Any advice would be greatly appreshiated!
  thank you!

• 33. Anna  |  November 10th, 2010 at 1:07 pm

  We have an 8 year old boy who we suspect has dyspraxia. He has already been diagnosed with dyslexia. Is there a seperate test or are the two intertwined?

• 34. Rynn  |  November 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 pm

  I ticked 17 out of 35… Is this normal? Im not sure but i do posess some of the characteristics in the list. I realise that i have to think for few seconds to really identify right and left. I hate bright lights and loud noises because it gives me headache. I do have short term memory though i think im good at my long term ones. Physically, i do not find any problems. Am i dyspraxic?

• 35. Tracey  |  January 20th, 2011 at 6:09 pm

  i ticked 4 and only looked as my son’s teacher said she thought he may be dyspraxic as he bumps into /trips over. I am completely losed and unsure what to do next??? Help

• 36. Mandy Robinson  |  January 28th, 2011 at 1:37 am

  Where can i get my 13 yr old Son diagnosed with Dyspraxia, i have mentioned to the various Doctoers he has seen, they just look at me as tho i am stupid. he has ticked 23 out of the 35 boxes

• 37. philp handley  |  February 1st, 2011 at 3:10 am

  hi i was born with server dyspraxia and recently been diagnosed with ashperger’s syndrome and i found out it is in the gray area and now one would help me not even adult services people with this condition shoud keep pushing for help i had to and in the end i got so depressed because no one was going to help me i contacted my MP which helped alot then the help started at first it was slow but now it is starting to speed up adult services are starting to get involved but it just goes to show you have to keep pushing these people to get somewhere so dont get turned away time and time again just keep trying you will get somewhere

• 38. maggie  |  April 1st, 2011 at 4:11 am

  hello, i have just taken test with my 16yr daughter, she had 16 of the questions. we have just been to a college for an interview and her predicted grades are not high enough. Her effort is all A and B’s, her teachers say she works really hard. She says she does not understand direction and constantly asks for help, we have ask the teachers at her school for help and if it could be possible she has some educational problem, but they say no! Please can you tell me where to go from here.

  Many thanks

• 39. Amber  |  April 19th, 2011 at 8:02 am

  I took this myself just to make sure. I always knew I was quite different from other people because I was incapable of such menial tasks and I had such a strange perception and thoughts about things. I took the test and got 24 out of 35…

• 40. Josie  |  April 26th, 2011 at 12:53 pm

  Me again! I took the test for my 7 year old son Remy. Well, he aced it:) I ticked about 29 of 35 questions (kinda lost count) So, again I am saying… I feel certain that my son has Motor Dyspraxia. Please, now, what can I do? School gives him ZERO learning support. He is increasingly anxious and sad. My heart is broken.

• 41. Layla  |  June 25th, 2011 at 1:17 am

  Hello
  Just took this myself after thinking for a while I may be dyspraxic due to very poor balance, coordination, sense of direction etc. I scored 20/35 on the 14-Adult test. Am I mildly dyspraxic?
  Thankyou x

• 42. catherine cleary  |  June 28th, 2011 at 6:56 am

  hi ,
  over the pass few weeks i have become more aware that my son conor has dyspraxia he is four years old and will be turning five in august .i have always thought that there could be something there with him but any time i would metion it to any one they would say to not to be silly that he is a great child,but you see i know that he is agreat funny happy child but he doesnt know his limits,he can find it difficult to play with other children and this makes him and me sad.i feel i should be doing more for him,i feel so guilty that i have to work that i cant be here for him,i dont want people to think that he is a bold child because they dont understand him,all he wants is for me to collect him from school and i cant even do that.in some ways i think that it is my fault that i didnt give him enough time or guidence to teach him the skills.i have contacted an o,t for her opioin if you have any suggestion i would love to hear from you.thanks for taking the time to read this,catherine

• 43. Claire  |  June 29th, 2011 at 11:36 am

  hi i have done this test for my 14 year old son and he scored 27 out of 35, when he was younger a teacher at his school once said that he may have it. after that he was put into an special learning group, when he entered secondary school nothing seemed to be done about it; due to this i assumed that it he may not suffer from it. recently he has seemed to be getting clumsier, and not long ago managed to badly cut his hand and spill boiling water on himself.
  i am really not sure what to do, i am not sure who to talk to.

• 44. Sandra  |  July 24th, 2011 at 7:23 pm

  Hi, my 11 year old FINALLY has been assessed by an Occupational Therapist and am just waiting for the results, which I suspect will return mild to moderate dyspraxia. Thank God. Parents, find yourself a good child psychologist who investigates the gross motor side of things, and who can refer you to a sutiable OT. I have had zero help from either school she has been at despite D’s for behaviour (and am mentally preparing myself for a battle), or from other specialists we have seen. I am trying to find a support group and programs for the Brisbane area, but hopefully the OT & psychologist will be able to help there. Also, go to an understanding GP who can put your child on a GP Managment Plan (sorry can’t remember proper name) so that where there are 3 medical specialists working on the problem, you will be eligible for Medicare (esp important if you don’t have extras cover).

• 45. tracey  |  August 12th, 2011 at 6:45 pm

  hi i’ve a 3yr old daughter turning 4 un seotember i’ve known since she was a baby that there was something different, she never sat up till 11 months never crawled couldn’t walk till around 21 months, still has very limited verbal ability i’ve been told thru assesments that she has sever learning disabilaties an low iq, i took the test for dsyspraxia an ticked almost all boxes only leaving out 2, i’ve been trying to get to the bottom of my daughters problems foralong time just having a name would help as i spend so long to explainig to people that she can’t talk, doesn’t really understand things the way we do, just not knowing what it is is the worst bit and i just get passed back an forth no one wants to say autisim was considered for a while but its now ruled out as she makes good eye contact i just wonder is any one else been thru or going thru a similar situation

• 46. Lisa Pinney  |  August 27th, 2011 at 8:09 am

  i am 19 years old and have just taken your tick box test for 14 yr olds to adult i scored 26/36 i feel the symptoms described me i have always struggled with maths and have scruffy handwriting that is hard to read i also find it hard to concentrate for long periods of time i find myself daydreaming a lot i am not in education i am working how can i get help and or get tested to prove either way in devon england

• 47. jodyleigh mitchell  |  August 27th, 2011 at 8:17 am

  i am 18 years old just took your test nd scored 24/36 i have not looked into this posibility before but i have always had trouble spelling and find it hard to concentrate especially when there are distractions how can i find out if i am dyspraxic

• 48. Kate  |  September 20th, 2011 at 7:49 am

  Hi I am a 29 year old mother of my fantastic son who is 7 next week I done the teat and have come up with 24 of the signs, my son has a social worker and I have a surport worker as I have had probs with with son for birth, they thought he was like what he is due to autism , but I no it’s not and so do they now but all of what I had read this sounds like my son, I don’t no what to do now , I have done parenting courses been told it was my parenting skills I need some help, myson had a bad first to years of his life due to violence he saw from his dad, but I don’t think it was that please can some one help me ,’.

• 49. Sarah seviour  |  October 7th, 2011 at 9:08 pm

  Hi, I have just done the 8 – 13 yrs test for my 12/13 yr old son, and I have scored him with 20 out of the 35 points on your test, he is now in year 8 of secondary school and seems to be coping with a little 1 2 1 help in English at the mo, but I worry as the work gets harder that he will cope less well, does these results warrant further investigation? I do also have a younger son who was diagnosed with autism and learning difficulties when he was four, this was a very straight forward diagnosis,and straight onto special needs schooling, I don’t really know which route to take for the older son if dyspraxia is a possibility.
  Any guidance appreciated
  Sarah

• 50. Erin  |  November 1st, 2011 at 9:56 pm

  I tested postive in 30 of the boxes and I want to get tested but I don’t know how to tell me parents. Could anyone help me?

• 51. carrie  |  November 22nd, 2011 at 8:46 pm

  hi. i have just done the test for my 8 yr old son. i ticked 30 boxes. he has had some occupational therapy and the school are aware of his struggles, but only see problems in the work side of things and his co-ordination, when really this affects every area of his life every day and always has done. i am pretty sure he has dyspraxia and everyone agrees (g.p/school/occupational therapist) but i cannot get him assessed by a professional and really feel a diagnosis is necessary-for all we know it could be more than dyspraxia as shows signs of ADD or possible aspergers?…please please help. how do i go about getting a more formal assessment. every corner i turn i just hit closed doors. please help.

• 52. Anna  |  December 12th, 2011 at 2:45 am

  Hi Dawn, I just want to add my gratitude for you site, the post and the comments here. I suspect my 6 year old son has Dyspraxia – and have been finding it hard to think of what to do next. So I appreciate very much the advice here, and will be downloading your ebook as soon as I can.

  I too would love a list of therapists – but I’m glad you’ve said that an OT is the way to go. I’ll definitely be looking into this.

  Unfortunately our school experience this year was a total shocker, so I’ve had him at home for the last 6 months, but I’m just glad to have realised what was going on, so we can now seek the right kind of help!

  Thanks very much again. And if anyone out there is in Perth, and can direct me to a good OT here, I would very much appreciate it.

  Thanks again. Best regards,

  Anna.

• 53. Gergina Chobanova-Wilkinson  |  December 12th, 2011 at 2:55 am

  Hi,

  My daughter is 7 and her symptoms are very much like Dyspraxia. I have looked at the tick box test and most of the situations are applicable to my daughter.She is 7 years old. I am writing to you to find out how I can get her properly diagnosed and to find out what treatments are available for her condition.We are leaving in UK.

  I hope you can assist and look forward to hearing from you.

  Kind regards,
  Gergy

• 54. hayley  |  January 8th, 2012 at 2:56 am

  my son is 5 nearly 6 and has had a assesment it revealed he has the mental age of a 3 years old he cant do hardly anything for himself yet and still has very poor speech. i feel frustrated because i feel im not helping enough, i dont know what else i can do, could anyone help

  many thanks

  Hayley

• 55. Joline Verhaegen  |  January 21st, 2012 at 3:49 am

  Hi, my name is Joline. I’m almost 18 years old. I did the test and I ticked 26 out of 35 boxes. Now here’s the problem: I live in Belgium. Because of the severe lack of information and possible online tests in Dutch, I had to search all English sites. This is one of the best tests I came across. Can you tell me what to do? Do I have to contact a doctor and let them run some more tests? My family and myself have thought of the possibility that I have Asperger and Dyspraxia? Is that even possible?

  Thanks
  Joline

• 56. Oriel  |  February 5th, 2012 at 4:13 am

  Hello, my name is Oriel and I am 14 years old and next year I will be doing my GCSEs
  All my friends at school have been telling me that I am dyspraxic. I always thought I had something slightly wrong with me but I had no idea what. So one day I decided to look up an online test. This is how I came across this website so I did the test and I got 33/35 I don’t know whether i should go for a test or not because they are quite expensive and also I have already wasted £400 on a dyslexic test and it turns out I don’t have it. All bar 2 of the 35 apply to me and all of my friends agree.
  Please help me I don’t know what to do

• 57. Tracy-lee  |  February 14th, 2012 at 6:06 pm

  45. tracey | August 12th, 2011 at 6:45 pm i am in same situation as u i’m now going through it now and getting the run around too. i wish they’d help quicker hey…

• 58. nathanw-j  |  March 16th, 2012 at 2:52 am

  you spelt deja vu wrong

• 59. nathanw-j  |  March 16th, 2012 at 2:53 am

  i hav edyspraxia and i know how to spell it

• 60. nathanw-j  |  March 16th, 2012 at 2:53 am

  lollage typo

• 61. joanne tregaskis  |  April 18th, 2012 at 7:14 pm

  My child turns 3 in may but shows signs of ADHD and Dispraxia. He has Portage service already involved with him along side speech therapy. The docotrs however just brush my concerns to one side and state that he might just have a delay in his speech, physical and mentle developement.
  What do you suggest I do as i am a single parent and things get really tough, especially trying to do everyday tasks.

• 62. joanne tregaskis  |  April 18th, 2012 at 7:16 pm

  he also scored 20/35 in your dispraxia test.

• 63. Nicole  |  April 28th, 2012 at 1:55 pm

  My son is 5 and marked all but 1 of the boxes on the checklist. It’s like I was reading a report of someone that knows him really well. I found this site because he is going to be tested next week for dysgraphia. She is using the WPPSI. I am wondering what tests from the WPPSI will show if he has dysgraphia? I am assuming coding but can’t understand how the other tests would show dysgraphia. Any ideas?

• 64. Dyspraxia brisbane | Pixs&hellip  |  April 28th, 2012 at 3:19 pm

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• 65. Tina byrne  |  April 28th, 2012 at 7:16 pm

  My son is dyslexic.i have always thought him to be dyspraxia also. He was sent by the ed psychologist to an ot for assessment but he didn’t fall into the category or didn’t reach the criteria. He scores 23 on the test above, I also have a high score. What should we do ? My son is 17

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