My son is just finishing year 7 at secondary school. His English teacher approached my to talk about his hand writing as its quite messy and difficult to read. He is left handed and I assumed he struggled because of being left handed. He doesn't like sports and spends a lot of time on his computer at home. He is bright and has done well at school this year. The English teacher has offered him the use of a laptop at school and has asked me to look into getting him checked out at the doctors. She says that learning support dept at school will help him if he needs it. She suggested it could be Dyspraxia. I know he struggled with learning to write cursive joined up at primary school and still struggles. I have suggested that he tries to not do all his letters cursive but he is into the habit now.
He does struggle tying shoe laces, and doesn't catch and throw well. He doesn't do well at sports and lacks interest and confidence and wont get involved. I don't know if this is coincidence but he walked on tip toes and I had to have his achillies tendons stretched via splints and leg casts when he was around 5-6 years old.
I have booked an appointment with the GP next week. So I just want to be prepared for that. thanks