Neurodivergent Rights...

[shadowkat]

Found on Face Book of all places:

Apparently, I'm neurodivergent - since I have a grab bag of a lot of these:



For those who can't see it? It breaks down visual and audio coordination issues into categories:

1. Dyscalculia - Difficulty with visual/spatial coordination, counting, doing numbers in sequence or sequencing (example? Unable to count by sevens), difficulty working word problems...

2. Dyslexia - difficulty reading aloud, mis-pronouncing words (often substituting words or finding another word), difficulty reading aloud, problems retrieving words, difficulty with writing or spelling, slow and labor intensive reading

3. Dysgraphia - symptoms include cramped/sore hand, poor spatial planning of sentences and margins, frequent erasing, inconsistent letter and word spacing, poor spelling and missing words and letters

4. Dyspraxia
Symptoms include: difference in speech, perception problems, poor hand-eye coordination, poor balance and posture, clumsiness, fatigue.

Better late than never, I guess? But I wish this information was more accessible and prevalent in the 20th Century and early 00s? Along with the advocacy.

Comments

[slaymesoftly]

Interesting! I'd not heard of these four categories (except the dyslexia one) but one of them I fit right into!

[shadowkat]

Same. I only knew about dyslexia. Also didn't know it was neurodivergent, I thought that meant something else entirely.