Ryan Egesdahl Jul 28, 2023

I’ve just learned that #Autism is very strongly linked with #dyspraxia, and that there is such a thing as verbal dyspraxia. Not only that, but I’ve also learned that there is a form of expressive language disorder under the umbrella of verbal dyspraxia called #cluttering.

The description of #cluttering is very much what happens to me in some situations. I also had extremely delayed physical skills such as tying my shoes and riding a bike. If this is what’s going on… it would explain much.

Show threadJames Ryland MillerJul 28, 2023
@deriamis #autism, #vision, and #movement and how they interact are my spouse's research areas! I'm not formally diagnosed with #dyspraxia but I've *always* been a clumsy person with gross motor skills, but have had good fine motor skills. Fall risk is high in my family etc.. I'll have to ask her about #cluttering.
Show threadRyan Egesdahl Jul 28, 2023
@jamesrylandmiller I’d really love to know more! I’m “doing my own research” at this point, having just come across it, but I’d like to know it’s a real thing and not just baseless self-diagnosis.
Show threadJames Ryland MillerJul 31, 2023
@deriamis Hi Ryan! I heard back from my spouse. She's given me a link to a recent position paper she had published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dmcn.15674 (if it's pay-walled in your country, you can reach out through her lab's web page here https://www.kines.umich.edu/research/labs-centers/motor-visual-development-laboratory and she can send the paper to you for free. There are some weird rules for distributing papers so I can't just put a PDF up on Mastodon.
Show threadJames Ryland MillerJul 31, 2023
@deriamis She also says to keep an eye out for a set of papers from her lab set to come out in Journal of Motor Learning & Development later this summer reporting data on autistic and DCD/dyspraxic Twitter users' experiences of motor differences.
Show threadRyan Egesdahl 
@jamesrylandmiller Thank you very much! Fortunately, I apparently have access via my university, so I can get the full text. I’ll keep an eye out for that other paper as well.
Jul 31, 2023 at 12:09amWeb