Does anyone have a learning disabitlty called Apraxia?
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Your best bet is to Google using the following phrase, and the name of your state: apraxia support group\n\nOr try these links:\nhttp://www.shop-in-service.com/affiliated_groups.htm\nhttp://www.apraxia.ca/\nhttp://www.uniquelygifted.org/online_support_groups.htm\n\n\nAs far as apraxia is concerned, I really like the explanation given by this site:\nhttp://people.umass.edu/velleman/cas.html\n\nThese are good too:\nhttp://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/apraxia/apraxia.htm\nhttp://www.apraxia-kids.org/site/apps/nl/content.asp?c=chKMI0PIIsE&b=839037&ct=837215
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It's hard to say.  Some impairments involve the inability to understand the steps of a problem.  Some students just can't concentrate long enough to bother solving the problem.  Some may not hear the question, or understand it if they do.  Some students may not understand patterns, even simple number order.  Some may not be able to record data, or copy simple addition problems to paper.  Some students are unable to read from a black/white board or book.  Some reverse numbers while some cannot see columns.\n\nThere are varieties of impairments.  A special education teacher/professional can help you determine the type of impairment and even the severity.\n\nThere are all sorts of things that can determine the level of success a child achieves in school.  If I were the parent, I would request a thorough psycho-social evaluation.    Good luck.
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What you are talking about is a little weird, but you can sort of do it.  It isn't by creating alternative personalities.  That only exists in rare psychological illnesses.  But you can train yourself to do two things at once, and you can train your left hand to do one thing, your right hand another.  But you better be damn smart.  I have read of a few people that smart and had one college professor like that.
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stop her more frequently and call her attention to mistakes more often. you might also suggest to her parents or her teacher that she may have a learning disability and that you'd like her to get professional help if you don't feel anything you are doing is helping her. my grandfather is like that and at 72 years of age he still can't do much more than sign his own name. it's wonderful that she at least has someone attentive to her enough to notice a problem.
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My son was diagnosed with D. in the third grade. Does your school have a class designed to tutor you? My son had to have assignments and tests read to him, and he was allowed to answer verbally. He taped the classes. Some assignments were altered. Not made easier, but if it required alot of writing, he was able to use a computer. We even homeschooled for 5 years.  We found a curriculum that was alot of hands on experiences.  It is hard. Hang in there, you're an inspiration to someone watching you.
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I think you can learn to do any function with a little adaptation.\neven typing or playing the piano.  but you might have to invent slight adjustments.
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i personally don't have it, but my best friend does....he is applying for disability, but i don't know if it is related to that...my best advice is to use "distraction" music ((he listens to music as much as possible at a moderately low level, y'know just loud enough to be heard personally)) that seems to keep him from becoming too annoyed...other than that he recommends a doctor visit, some other afflictions cause the same symptoms
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I'm confused- in earlier questions you posted a few weeks ago, you talked like you'd been identified as having a specific learning disability in reading.  You're in special education classes, so your mother had to gave permission for the evaluation and the placement, thus she knows your difficulty.  YOU ARE GETTING HELP.  \n\nYour mother may not know the specific issues you are having.  Talk to her and your special education teacher about these things so they can make accommodations for you in the other areas of your daily life.  You will be able to drive and all that with accommodations, as your 'functional literacy' can be built.  You can learn to recognize certain things you need to drive successfully and safely.  I know plenty of people with learning disabilities who function fine in daily living tasks (adaptive behavior is the fancy name).\n\nIf the problem is that you're confused as to why they didn't say 'dyslexia', please know that most states use the global term 'Learning Disability' since dyslexia is a medical term and we're not really allowed to use it at school.  Anyway, the word 'dyslexia' simply means 'difficulty reading' so getting services as a student with a learning disability is appropriate.
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Yeah, I have a child in my class with it - it's normally found in kids and has to do with their co-ordination and movement. Dyspraxia is a difficulty with thinking out, planning and carrying out sensory / motor tasks. Children with dyspraxia can be of average or above average intelligence but are often behaviourally immature. They try hard to fit in to socially accepted behaviour when at school but often throw tantrums when at home. They may find it difficult to understand logic and reason.
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The most important thing to know is that you made it to 17 without this knowledge and without special support. Think what you can accomplish with the support and assistance you deserve. Most psychologists/psychiatrists who can accurately diagnose this kind of learning disability would also communicate with the parents, the counselors, and the teachers about the modifications necessary for you to learn most effectively. Are you sure that yours is not going to do this?
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The first answerer is good.  My son was the same way. It took several years of speech therapy before his speech included all the sounds.  He eventually was diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder.  He could not distinguish between similar sounds like b and p in his brain.\nThis made it very hard for him to learn to read.  Since he could not distinguish sounds, breaking the sounds of a word into letter sounds was just impossible for him.  We found a speech therapist who could do a program called Fast Forword, to train the brain to distinguish sounds.  That gave him the ability to start to learn to read.  I would recommend it if you find that this is the root of his problem, as soon as possible.
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i haven't tried it yet but a friend of mine has. as far as i know, you have to deeply believe in your abilities. you have to convince yourself that you CAN do it. then you have to concentrate and do it. it's tough but it worths trying...
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Many people believe that autism is a form on nonverbal learning disability.  I don't know if that could help you in your search.\n\nThe websites I've attached should be helpful to you.
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Confused or slow in the head
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You can't "treat" it, per se, because there's not actually anything broken.  It's just that your brain processes information different.  Get in touch with the disability coordinator at your school (you are probably entitled to extra time on exams and other accomidations), and if your struggling with a particlar class, talk to the professor.  Yeah, dyslexia sucks most of the time, but it comes in pretty hand when you have to find the reverse compliment of a DNA sequence (I, at least, have no trouble reading a seqence from right to left...).\n\n__________________\n>>>my university didnt do much in this field, and the school im \n>>>know in has no teacher in it whos even familiar with it\n\nIf you're struggling, you might want to consider transfering to a school that would be more supportive.  I've had to deal with schools that didn't do much (my 2nd grade teacher was adamendly convinced that I could spell if I wanted to and just wasn't trying), and now I'm at a school that actually gets it.  Believe me, it can make a huge difference.\n\nWithout knowing more about what you're having trouble with I don't have any specific tips.  You said you were mainly having trouble with writing, so if your school has writing tutors, take your papers to them to read over.  And use spell check with the red underline thing turned on - speaking from experience it can actually improve your spelling.  You may also be able to have your profs let you off the hook for some of the spelling and grammar stuff you have trouble with (so it won't hurt your grades so much), but for content and organization stuff it would kind of defeat the point of the assignment.  If you're really having trouble writing essays on in-class exams, many profs will be willing to give an oral exam instead.\n\nThe main thing is you've got to think about how you think (metacognition).  Don't count on other people understanding it unless you explain it to them.  Even though you know you're dyslexic, that's a very broad diagnosis.  You said you have no trouble with reading, but a hard time with writing, right?  I'm dyslexic too (and I'm also 19 and in college), and I have almost no trouble with writing (appart from spelling and flipping letters around, which just makes it go slowly), but my reading rate is at the 1st percentile, which is a bit of a problem when I have 100 pages of reading a night.  The point is that just "dyslexic" doesn't tell me, you, or anyone else how you actually think.  If you can go to the professor of a class you're struggling with and say this is how I process things and here's why and how it's making this aspect particlar of this class hard for me, I bet they'll be able to help you out quite a bit.\n\nAs far as I know, the "therapies" with colored glasses and repetitive eye movements are total BS.\n\nOh, and you don't need to be in special classes, you just need to modify your normal classes a little bit.  I was diagnosed as dyslexic in 2nd grade, and I've been not only in mainstream classes my whole life, but almost without exception in the highest level classes my schools have offered.
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This could be dyslexia. It also sounds as if you might have an attention problem.  I would need to know your age.  You could try a colored overlay to help with the words getting switched out of order.  This really seems to help some people. (a colored overlay is simply a tranparent,colored, very thin sheet of plastic that you actually lay over your reading) Have you ever had any educational testing for a learning disability? By the way, having a LD is NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF.  Many people think that if someone is LD, they are not very bright- this is not true. Wish I could help you.  Good luck and try a colored overlay.  (different colors work for different folks)
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Well there are different types of learners. Some learn by rythm and movement. I think they are called Kynesthetic learners. Each type of learner uses a different side of the brain.