Dyspraxia and Dyslexia?

Question

my six year old son has verbal dyspraxia and his Senco now thinks that he's displaying signs of dyslexia. do these normally go hand in hand?

Answer 1

Very common for them to go together. Think it has to do with a particular area of the brain which functions differently from the average person.

Answer 2

From:  http://www.mentalhealthproject.com/conte...

"There are substantial clinical overlaps between dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and learning difficulties. While a minority of children are purely dyslexic, more often the individual will show features of two or three of these conditions in differing degrees of severity."

Check here also:  http://www.orthopedagogiek.com/dyspraxia...

"There is an overlap between dyspraxia and other developmental problems such as dyslexia.

Dyspraxia and dyslexia overlap and often co-exist in the same person. Dyspraxia is an impairment of the organisation of movement that is often accompanied by problems with language, perception and thought. Dyslexia is primarily a difficulty with learning to read, write and spell and is often accompanied by other other problems such as poor organisational skills. The pattern of difficulties experienced by a person with dyspraxia may vary widely as with dyslexia."

Good luck with your boy.

Answer 3

It would seem that they do go hand in hand sometimes .

It is the inability to make skilled movements with accuracy ,

this is a disorder of the cerebral cortex resulting in the patients inability to organize the movements due to weakness sensory loss .