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Is there anyone who understands this?
I have a 24 year old son. He is dyspraxic and so frustrated. He is an utterly gifted deep thinker & writes prolifically and has an amazing command of english & factual knowledge & code-breaking. His IQ in certain areas is 150+. Despite life-coaching & other support, he has not found anyone who can understand him intellectually & help come to terms with the overwhenlming thought of tedious normal life. I am exhausted from constantly defending him agianst those who have written him off. He is amazing and capable of great things.Who is there to help at this level?
11/12/2009 20:42:04
marie (Member)
Hi Marie,
my 12-year-old has only been recently diagnosed with dyspraxia and is a talented guitarist and songwriter.
I too feel exhausted at having to defend him against people who are writing him off and that includes members of our family who cannot comprehend that he has a disability.
I can't offer any help but certainly know how you feel.
22/12/2009 14:37:36
Annemarie
I am a teacher and work with students with learning difficulties, whether dyslexic and/or ADHD, in most cases they have very high IQs. They are able to succeed academically but do need to be taught in a different manner. They tend to be 'system thinker' so it is often difficult to understand what they are trying to relate at first since they are talking about the 'whole system' so to speak and the rest of us are still at the beginning. I like to equate it to a model of a castle. They have visualized the whole castle and we are still drawing the draw bridge so we can't always understand each other until we meet in the middle.
Have you checked with your local university to see if there are any research projects he could be included in?
LInda.
08/02/2010 00:53:50
TAKlinda (Member)
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