Dyspraxia means "difficulty doing or acting". It presents challenges for physical and mental coordination.
Difficulties may be reflected in a range of everyday experiences, including bumping into objects and people, poor balance, stumbling, dropping or losing items (such as mobile phones).
People with dyspraxia tend to have the following profile:
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
| Determined | Poor fine and gross motor coordination |
| Creative | Poor spatial awareness |
| Thinking outside the box | Slow at producing written work |
| Hard-working | Untidy presentation of written work |
| Seeing other perspectives | Difficulty organising assignment content |
| Problem solving | Trouble with putting things in order (sequencing) |
| Artistic | Poor memory |
| Sensitive | Mispronounces words |
| Motivated | Easily distracted |
| Short attention span | |
| Difficulty tracking text | |
| Poor time management skills |
Dyspraxia frequently co-occurs with other specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, AD(H)D and Asperger's Syndrome.
Every student's needs are different. Your dyslexia/disability advisor can help arrange the most appropriate level of support for your needs.
This support includes:
If you think you may be dyspraxic or have another specific learning difficulty, why not attend a Screening?
If you would like advice, please contact us.
All information provided to us is considered confidential. We would not normally disclose it. With your consent, we will contact relevant members of UEL staff to inform them of your disability and support needs. This will be done by drawing up a Learning Support Agreement with your dyslexia/disability advisor.
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Specific Learning Difficulties / Dyslexia
