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As a mom to a child with Global Dyspraxia,  the challenges of breaking down skills into manageable steps is challenging. And having the same child have Sensory Processing Disorder or (SPD) makes its it extra challenging.

Dyspraxia is a motor planning disorder that makes learning and completing motor tasks very difficult.  Skills like writing, coloring, and cutting can be affected. As are those of running, riding a bike and even talking.  For those new to my site, I have more information located on it about the disorder.

SPD,  is a disorder that affects how her nervous system processing information that we take in from all our senses.  For Elizabeth, all the sensory information feels wrong or offensive to her.

We have worked so hard to have Elizabeth achieve as much independence as possible.   Like most people who have Dyspraxia, she wants to do something by herself, but can’t.  This makes her frustrated. Continue reading

Time For A Change

This SPD and dypsraxia are tough ones for sure, they never quit.  Just when you think you have a handle of them, they change and morph into something else.  Something new your child is doing is a sign of their disorders.  Just when you figure out why they are doing one thing and deal with it….they do something else and with some thought you see it is a change in them and it is their disorder showing itself in a new way.  Which means that what you were doing to help and work with the one way does NOT help this new way.

Life with a child with these disorders is never the same, NOT ONE DAY TO THE NEXT IS THE SAME.   truly the one thing you can count on is that each day, each experience they have will be different. Continue reading