Talk:Dyspraxia
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I have just created the dyspraxia page, and it is my first contribution. I'd like some help with making sure it fits in with the concept of wikipedia, and that it is NPOV enough! Thanks - PurpleHeather 22:36, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The only NPOV problem I see with the page is the mention of the UK. I'm not quite sure what is meant by "support agencies" is this context, but I doubt they only exist in the UK, and if there aren't any mentions of UK-specific agencies then there's no reason to mention the UK. I'm not going to change it myself since I have no knowledge of the subject and don't know what the intended meaning was, so what I put in place might not be accurate. Isomorphic 05:28, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Theres no intro paragraph, but other than that its OK.
Oh, and as goes support agencies, they could easily be UK only - its not even recognised as existing in the Republic of Ireland. I've got some level of dyspraxia, but as it "doesn't exist", its ingored by schools, etc/ Kiand 17:45, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Support Agencies, Uk and Ireland
Sorry if this is covered in article, I am attempting to share knowledge with Kiand
I am a 55 y.o. male who discovered dyspraxia about 5 years ago. Sometimes referred to as DCD for Development Coordination disorder. There is Dyspraxia Foundation in UK but they tend to concentrate on kids and families. Because of tremendous overlap with other related conditions there are some multi ND (neuro diverse) organiasations for adults. I do not know about Ireland. In UK there is D.A.N.D.A. (I can never remember what the iniytials actually stand for but they have a web page. there are also about 300 or more of these characters in a Yahoo Discussion Board that has links and info for things all round the world and some very knowledgeable members. I'll attempt to post a link, I regret I have yet to understand the Wiki way of linking but in it's raw form, cut and pasted, try going to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dyspraxia as a start. It is a members only site but the moderators usually deal with applications in a day or so, sometimes in hours ( I used to be one!)
Danda
I have Dyspraxia myself and I am the Adult Dyspraxia for Oxford for DANDA Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association)