Guide To Dyspraxia Symptoms

Trouble Learning New Skills

This disorder does not affect overall intelligence. However, patients often have trouble learning new skills! There are a couple of reasons for this symptom. One is that this condition impairs an individual's visual-spatial working memory. This is the part of memory that allows individuals to remember shapes, colors, and the location of items. Dyspraxia impacts short-term memory the most. The result is that patients cannot learn new skills as fast as others!

It is also worth noting that this condition used to be primarily viewed as a coordination problem. However, this is not reality. It is a learning disorder as well! In fact, many patients with this condition also have autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Both of these disorders affect an individual's ability to learn new skills and their memory. They are quite similar to dyspraxia in this way!