Dyspraxic and Fantastic! | Ellie Madeira | TEDxCCGrammarSchool
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- What is it like having dyspraxia? Ellie describes the difficulties she faces. But she also discusses the positive sides to this poorly understood disorder and how she is thriving.
Ellie has dyspraxia...and she is definitely fantastic! She is studying A-levels in art and science at Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School and hopes to become an occupational therapist.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
The last quote was awsome.If someone gives me a pill to become a normal person, I am also not going to take it. After 20 years of struggling, now I like myself.
give me the pill lol, i''ll become a super human if i'm normal
It's hard to do that, but once you do you feel like a superhuman no matter what :)
Same
Should i tell my friend who has exactly similar symptoms but not yet been diagnosed? ...I have lived with him for many years .Is he going to hate me for telling him?.He already hates me for making fun of him in childhood as I was not aware of his problem
Ellie you are fantastic and amazing!! My daughter is 7 and just diagnosed dyspraxia. You are an inspiration to me as a mother of a dyspraxia and fantastic child. Thank you
This is a fantastic vid, great job Ellie. I've got dyspraxia too and I reckon the awareness of it really needs to be raised, as it really affects all facets of your life. You see things like autism and ADHD getting tons of attention, which is great for people with those disorders obviously, but dyspraxia tends to get forgotten about a bit. Love that people are doing things like this to raise awareness about it!
Wonderful presentation, thank you so much. I wish so that this had been explained to me 35 yrs ago, instead it was struggle, fumble, self-consciousness, sense of failure, and on and on. I have a child with dyspraxia, is on the spectrum, and doctors avoided ever explaining anything that would make life make sense and help was just not offered. I am so appreciative of all those with the first hand knowledge, sharing their stories, their self-acceptance and enormous courage.
This is amazing. I'm an A-level student and I'm trying to get a diagnosis, the symptoms have been affecting every area of my life. It's hard to get diagnosed later on though, there's waiting lists for everything. You're still giving me hope though Ellie! 😊
EDIT: Just got a diagnosis - so relieved it's not my fault
Same thing here and hope you’re doing well
How do you facilitate learning for dispraxia kids?
I have dyspraxia, severely. But, they didn’t find out how bad that I had it until year 6, because, we all knew I had it, but I decided I wanted to get tested for it because I wanted help. I was struggling all through school, but I never asked for help. I hate asking for help. So I would persevere and got great marks and grades on my tests. I would lose concentration, couldn’t organise to save my life, was messy, couldn’t throw or catch a ball, struggle in skipping with the other girls, couldn’t read, had THE WORST HANDWRITING anyone had ever seen, would lose my train of thought and couldn’t ever out my thoughts in words. But I practiced, and read in my spare time, breaks, and always. You would never see me without a book as I tried to make the words make sense. By year 4, my speeding read was normal for my age as I practised, and by year 6, I was the fastest reader in my year. But I struggled in everything else. I got tested in year 7 (11 years of age) and my brain in many aspects was underdeveloped. It was as developed as someone who was 5. It makes me wonder how a ‘normal brain’ works. But, I wouldn’t change myself if you gave me the option. I love myself. I may not be perfect, but who is? And, I see my cousin, who has dyspraxia, 33 years old, brilliant job, married to a (minorly) dyspraxic person, with two young, beautiful children, aged 4 and 1 (one of which has dyspraxia and has been tested and the other who hasn’t been tested, but it is obvious that he has it, even at the young age of 1), and I see myself being like that one day.
I wonder how you could make a marriage and relationship work with dyspraxia, I feel so lost all the time
Thanks for sharing 😊
Same
Brilliant and very relatable. Thank you Ellie. I recently discovered 'why I felt like my brain doesn't work properly' It makes so many past events make sense.
Great video.
Dyspraxia is hard but it makes you a confident force to be reckon with ! Be proud of yourself
A general statement which some of you may find helpful from a guy with dyspraxia. Happy days :) Thank you for the ted talk Ellie.
A lot of people think or have the association/ idea that Dyspraxia effects people's motor skills. Well i can tell you - yes it can do and does represent itself in people with dyspraxia. However there is also a clear distinction that dyspraxia effects organisational skills, such as the planning and implementation of tasks and how to act on those when exposed to particular situations that don't feel normal. This is why a lot of people such as my self with Dyspraxia / dyslexia need to use their own experiential methods to overcome our differences in the world. Usually this can have an effect on adults in their career and work place and can cause a lot of stress for their own individual coping systems. We are all born with our own interest and hobbies which we thrive on, but more often than not the world doesn't allow us to archive them because we are different and it demands us to "fit in". In such situations it effects people differently around their own particular strengths and weakness. So it's very important out there for people not to generalise. You can be dyspraxia and be very good at range of sports or you can not be. You could be really good at architecture or science for example and be successful in this also. What is challenging and difficult for people with dyspraxia is when expectations around work and success force them to work out of their own comfort zones or their own systems that bring them success at what they're good at.
Loved this, Thank you Ellie. I am 21 and dyspraxic I was diagnosed when in 2005. Fantastic way of describing with the wires and Ball. As a child I found sports and maths very difficult . This is how I describe mine with processioning information from the whiteboard and paper, There is a wall between the information and my brain. I have verbal . most week day evenings I struggle to speak as my brain giving mixed messages. I have to really think about what i want to say. I shall be saving this video
I would love to do a tedx talk on my dyspraxia and maybe have my dad talk about life looking after someone with dyspraxia. I have found its not as well know too people as I would love and not recognised in alot of schools as a real learning difficulty. I have seen children showing all the signs not getting diagnosed with dyspraxia. Also I was diagnosed at age 4/5 and now 21 and still learning too cope.
I was dynosed at 2
i have this condition just want to know does in what way does it affect our learning
Thank you for your wisdom and kindness Ellie.
my daughter was diagnosed with dyspraxia, both motor and speech at age of 14 , been tough but grateful we know now....so thank u for putting us inside ur head...
I relate to her my hobby as a child was swimming, I got Diagnosed at 14 and I’m now 19,
I am 17 years old, I just found out what this was after hours of trying to figure out what was wrong with me, and I actually started crying. I thought I was broken for so long...
me too
I agree with all you said about dyspraxia. Thanks!
My dyspraxia effects my speech and handwriting and I find it so hard to write and constrate
H Depp Manson yep same her
Everyone's different but everyone is fantastic :)
ELLIE MADEIRA
Hi Ellie ,My son is 8 year old he cant write we have been giving all type theraphy but still he has not yet started writing he keep switching beetween both the hands pls help if any strategies that might help him.
Same I can't say the difference between f as in free and th as in three
rhiannon h for me it’s easy if you just pay attention to really learning it, free is pronounced biting your lower lip and then touching the top of your mouth. Three by having your tongue against the top of your front teeth :)
wow, thank u so much for that speech!!
I am also dyspraxic I did not know until I was 20/21and now next month I am going to be 27
Sucks right? Im 19 and found out like a month ago
How did you find out?
How can i know if im dysphraxic?
Thank you for this video. I'm trying to learn more about dyspraxia for my son. After he was diagnosed and I read about it my father and I both feel we may have it too (At different degrees)
Thank you for such a wonderfully informative video Ellie. You are destined for great things young lady!
I’m so proud of her
I feel her so much
Thank you for sharing, I’m a Dyspraxic artist, tutor and designer
Got my diagnosis!!
She's so brave. I don't know if I could, when I found out I was dspraxic. It angers me I can't ride my bike and it is literally my goal. I'm terrible at PE. I have had low self estteem, I just want to be able to have the confidence to ride it
You are fantastic!
A gem 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
yes i have had this since childhood and something funny happened to me this was on my medical records for many years and it was only till very recently i asked my gp if i could be tested for dislexia and he told me that is not going to be of benefit because he said on my medical records i have Dyspraxia which i didn't know at all so all these years of knowing i had some cordination difficulties but not knowing the disagnosed till my age which is 32 i just encourage any parents out there if this sounds like your child has this please go get them tested it will really help them to get the right support in their life
Same, I wasn't diagnosed either until adulthood and reframing has been really difficult. I still have issues in coping with the anger generated by the idea of not been given a fair chance and always been treated like I was not even trying, especially from my parents. The real issue is that if your IQ is decently high, no one will consider your issues and you will be a walking laughing stock or a weirdo at best.
Why did they not test you for dyslexia ? I am diagnosed with both as well as adhd
Excellent! thank you .. Does anyone know of any audiobooks for this subject?
Amazing
Brilliant
So brave
It's most likely I have dyspraxia too. It affects my speech less, I can talk and communicate, but I am extremely clumsy. And with "clumsy" I don't mean shy or easily confused, but spilling things almost belongs to my everyday life. I hate it, because it's extremely embarrassing and annoying. It's not a hate speech, understand me right. I am just sharing what makes my life difficult. I am diagnosed with Aspergers. Sometimes I have social anxiety or just need privacy and tend to withdraw myself. When I'm in a lovely and welcoming environment, I enjoy socializing too, but being around people I'm not familiar with or noisy, crowded places is not something I would like to do daily. Then I have no idea what to say, except it's a topic I have experience with. I feel well only around people I trust, like my husband. Shopping is also something I can't enjoy at all, especially when the others just stand in the way or press themselves on each other. It's tiring. I'm also not the best dancer because of being clumsy, except I dance alone or with someone who can lead me well. I enjoy regency dances and maybe they would fit better. A possibility to heal it would be a great gift for me.
I struggled a lot learning to walk, talk, read, write, tie shoes, making friends. Never been diagnosed but seems like a lot of my struggles seem to be like the signs of dyslexia or dyspraxia. I tried to end my life a few times. Don't know if dyslexia or dysphraxia can cause suicidal thoughts and attempts.
It's normal, the sad part is that there is nothing that can be done :(
Never surrender!
@@TheSm1thers no
@@gnaurai6251 if you are human then that means there will always be hope. Suicidal thoughts are not related to anything but your own self worth. I believe that With practice anything can be achieved hard or not. I hope that you will work towards your goals no matter what obstacles you face in life. Love you
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This is so me I love being me dyspraxia
Support dyspraxics, preferably physically as I’m about to fall over...
well done! I am an occupational therapist by trade and a 2 timer on this very stage. If you ever go to an occupational therapy program in the UK, you may hear my name a lot (even though I am not UK based). It's an inspiring talk. It's simple, but effective talk.
My boy suffers from this condition and sadly I found out too late. Since kindergarten to grade nice teachers were belittle him. Complaining that he was clumsy, that he was asking to go to the washroom many times, isolating him from other kids. He was bullied and called weirdo. To the point that he said to me. I would give anything to be normal and have at least one friend. I'm feeling devastated because here in Windsor Canada, the ones who supposed could help him with his education, put him down and hurt him a lot. Three different schools and they just saw him as a troublemaker and lazy because he was not able to copy from the blackboard.
im so sorry for wat happened to ur son. We still have time, we can give them more attention and love and support now. My son is 2 yrs old. and ive been researching bymyself to see if there's something wrong with him because he behave a bit different from other kids, i know there must be something and I will help him althrough out his life. after the pandemic im going to have him checked.
@@glennbalidio3872 , yes I did and I do everything for making his life better and now that he is doing school at home, things are much better, he is learning more, sometimes he prefers to watch videos but he improving. He created a book named Jullyuz the Magical Cat, it was finally finished and it will be on Amazon soon. I'm very proud of him. He wants to do something to show others that kids can be different but that they are worthy.
awww the brownies thing instead of ballet
I developed a writing system that works. I survived college using it. If you want it ill send it you email a pdf. Oh ...yes im dyslexic and yes Ive never got over it.
Should i send this video to my friend who has exactly similar symptoms but not yet been diagnosed? ...I have lived with him for many years .Is he going to hate me for telling him?.He already hates me for making fun of him in childhood as I was not aware of his problem
I suffer from this to😮
Oh so cute as a children
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I've got dispraxia it don't affect me like that
I am severely dispraxic and I have trouble Wrighting and I can’t tie my shoes and I’m 10 I can’t ride a bike and I stutter a bit I’m clumsy and yeah
Hang in there, don’t give up !
It just takes us a little longer ❤️
I identify with you
I hav3 dyspraxia
I have it people always ask me wear I'm from Becouse I speak difTrent I us to say I'm from irland witch I'm not then I just got sick of people asking me so I just started telling them that I have a disablty
Can you grow out of dyspraxia?
No but you can learn to live with it and grow accustomed to things that seem impossible
sure you can. A doctor needs to check for hidden infections in the brain creating stress in the brain. 99.9% wont do tests and they will merely try to treat the symptoms.
No as she said it's a life long mental health condition
i have dysprixa
me to my parents : mom, I have dyspraxia, adhd and dyscalculia.I am having difficulties in performing day to days taks.
my desi parents : (laughs) you are making excuses. you need to work hard.
You are normal I have Dyspraxia