| One of the more common symptoms of dyspraxia in | | | | have either the air conditioner switched on at all times |
| children is the development of sensory integration | | | | or even the heater, even when the climate is relatively |
| dysfunction, which is a condition which effects the | | | | cool or warm. Also, dyspraxia is more commonly |
| body's natural reaction to stimuli. This affects their five | | | | known to affect the body functions of a child, |
| senses, which means the sense of touch, their sight, | | | | commonly cropping as problems with timing and |
| their smell etc. The condition makes children, especially | | | | balance. Especially in toddlers who have started to |
| of the younger ages, have abnormal and over the top | | | | learn how to walk, common imbalances and falling |
| reactions to stimuli like light, sound and even touch. | | | | over frequency can sometimes be early symptoms of |
| They react badly, often have crying spells and will shy | | | | dyspraxia. |
| away from the light because it either hurts their eyes | | | | They cannot control their limbs, they are unable to pull |
| or causes them to blink uncontrollably. It may also | | | | of a co-ordinated movements and they are also |
| manifest in symptoms like the revulsion to certain | | | | unable to form and learn the physical motions |
| textures, which can sometimes be cloth or certain | | | | necessary to do certain simple tasks like stirring a drink, |
| textures within walls of homes. Children with sensory | | | | opening a lid or even holding a pencil to write. If your |
| integration dysfunction will also seem to be extremely | | | | child is constantly knocking things over, or they have |
| unsociable and will retract to a safe place because | | | | trouble telling which is left or right or even have poor |
| they are unable to withstand being touched by other | | | | muscle development due to idleness or even |
| people (sometimes even their loved ones). They also | | | | proneness of staying in bed and not moving. General |
| become very picky eaters, with aversions to food | | | | difficulties can also appear in phonics and speech, |
| based purely on the colour and their texture. Auditory | | | | which can come in the form of unable to form a single |
| sensitivity can come in the form of screaming when | | | | sentence or even have difficulty in pronouncing even |
| they hear music, putting their hands over their ears | | | | the most simplest of words. They will also have |
| when people are in conversation or even crying spells | | | | difficulty in grasping writing and drawing instruments |
| when thunderstorms occur. | | | | and have inertia to learn, sometimes even showing |
| There is also the question of temperature sensitivity, | | | | symptoms of ADHD (although it is simply a reaction to |
| normally associated with environmental temperature. | | | | their own frustrations). These are some of the |
| Children with this form of sensitivity will often be | | | | symptoms of developmental dyspraxia that should be |
| accustomed to unusually cold or hot environment, and | | | | noted if you want to prevent it from being either full |
| will complain when placed in room temperature. One of | | | | blown or developing into some further, more advanced |
| the more common symptoms is their insistence to | | | | and much more dangerous. |