Researching and raising awareness of Dyspraxia & Developmental Coordination Disorder. Based at @TREE_UoE & @UniofExeter (UK). Funded by @wellcometrust.
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ALT The nested intersecting spheres of neurodiversity, Open Scholarship, Social Justice and Universal Design for Learning shown as four large circles with their examples as smaller circles all linked by interlocking grey rings labelled with shared values.
ALT The Academic Wheel of Privilege is based on twenty identity types spanning seven categories: living and culture, caregiving, education and career, gender and sexuality, race, health and wellbeing and childhood and development.
ALT A screenshot of Supplementary Table 1. Glossary of key terms and concepts related to Open Scholarship, Neurodiversity, Social Justice and Universal Design.
ALT Screenshot of Supplementary Table 2. Authors’ Examples of Negative Disclosure and/or Sharing Experiences regarding Personal Identity and/or Experiences of Neurodiversity (adapted with reference to Victor et al., 2022 supplementary section).
ALT Dyspraxia is a neurological condition that affects between 2-10% of the population. Despite being so common it is not well known in comparison to Dyslexia, ADHD and Autism. Even so, dyspraxia can greatly impact the lives of those who can live with it. (Digital drawing of a cartoon person looking sad on a yellow background.) It is also known as developmental coordination disorder. Dyspraxics can be affected in a variety of ways and often to varying degrees. (Digital drawing of the cartoon person closer up with a blank expression.) The condition can impact on Fine and gross motor coordination (Drawing of a girl with shoulderlength hair missing a cricket ball with bat raised) Organisational skills (Drawing of boy with curly hair pondering as the words Homework, appointments, so much to do and Pens and pencils surround him.) Sensory processing (Drawing of girl covering her ears as scribbles surround her ) Speech and sentence formation (Drawing of man with speech bubble.)
ALT Short term memory (Drawing of woman with curly hair looking worriedly at a calendar) Social skills (Drawing of a man standing alone surrounded by silhouettes.) Some may be greatly impacted in these areas, some not at all. Struggling with these impacts can greatly impact self esteem (Cartoon person with blank face against a yellow background) Dyspraxics often describe feeling different from their peers from a young age. There are positives to dyspraxia too. (Closeup of cartoon person smiling) Dyspraxics are often known to be Hardworking (Cartoon of Man with short hair and belt climbing the stairs) Creative (Cartoon of woman with a beret painting.)
ALT Dyspraxia does not impact intelligence and no dyspraxic person is the same. When in a supportive environment, people with dyspraxia can thrive. Most important, dyspraxia is often considered an invisible disability. This means that you cannot tell if someone is dyspraxic from a first glance. (Cartoon of all the previous characters except the ‘cartoon people’ standing and sitting around. They are laughing and joking. The background is like green.) It is highly likely you know a person with dyspraxia. Kindness and understanding towards people’s differences can help a lot. Dyspraxics may just require some extra support with those aspects that they find difficult. Then they can thrive and go on to do amazing things
