How to tell DS he has dyspraxia?

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We had the diagnosis last week for 9yo DS. He's a bright little guy but has no idea that anything's wrong with him. I don't think.... but might be wrong. Does anyone have any tips how to tell him? One of the biggest differences to him will be that he won't have to write as much any more. This has been torture for him and us but the assessor thought I should start scribing for him which will make homework soooooo much easier!

Hey DS.
You know you've been seeing some people / doing some tests recently to seem how to help you with your writing and stuff?
Well, they have worked out you have something called dyspraxia. This is really good to know because now we know how to help you a bit better, but it also means you'll be allowed to use a laptop / have us write some h/w for you instead of having to handwrite so much.

(DD1 diagnosis dyspraxia aged 15. DD2 also has motor skills bottom 1%)

So much better to know at primary age.

TeenMinus thanks so much! I honestly couldn't think how to word it but I'm going to pretty much lift what you suggested!

His handwriting is apparently below 1st percentile. But I'm just so relieved I can stop asking him to do those stupid handwriting sheets.

Hope your DDs are coping ok.

The diagnosis definitely helped DD1. She has since been able to explain at college and jobs "I have dyspraxia. I find X & Y difficult. however if you do A it means I can do B which helps."
DD's dyspraxia hits her organisational skills and also inference (as well as motor skills and proprioception). this meant essays were hard and Eng lang GCSE was v.tricky. She did pass her driving test first time in an automatic.
(otoh, friend's DC has dyspraxia. No issues with schoolwork at all, strings of top grades throughout. But more issues with taste and texture.)

(DD2 age 16 still can't walk down stairs adult style confidently.)

ps if it helps, Daniel Radcliffe aka Harry Potter has dyspraxia.

I read that about Harry Potter - great great timing for us - thank you Daniel Radcliffe!!

I'm lucky in that DD2 got diagnosed young (she was 5 - but it had also affected her speech which made it a bit more glaringly obvious) and we've just dropped it into conversation ever since then rather than having some big "moment" of telling her.

I explained it that sometimes her brain struggled to boss her arms, legs, fingers, tongue and other body parts around well. That's been enough of an explanation for her so far.

She's a bit pissed off about Harry Potter - her dyspraxia doesn't make the spell "accio remote control" work.