Dyslexia & Dyspraxia
Dyslexia and dyspraxia are both types of neurodivergence. The key differences between the two are what they cause and affect in people. It is common for people to have both Dyslexia and Dyspraxia at the same time.
Dyslexia is a specific language learning difference. People with dyslexia may struggle to sound out words, identify letters and match them to sounds, spell out sounds and order letters and sounds correctly. Individuals with dyslexia often need different learning support.
Dyspraxia means “a breakdown of praxis”, otherwise known as action. It affects movement and co-ordination, and the planning of what we do and how we do it. It involves a disruption in the way messages from the brain are transmitted to the different parts of the body, leading to a lack of co-ordination and clumsiness, and/or problems of perception, language and thought.
