Misconceptions of Dyspraxia

lazy, stupid and clumsy are probably the biggest misconceptions about people with dyspraxia especially prior to diagnosis and i would imagine that most people who have dyspraxia have been called at least one or all three of these at some point.
in terms of being called clumsy that probably has some truth to it for many people with dyspraxia as all dyspraxic people will have some level of difficulty with co-ordination however it is possible to improve your co-ordination to some degree or in most cases develop some form of coping strategy that may help to deal with anything that may be considered clumsy but having those difficulties should never be a problem to anyone.
however lazy and stupid are both very wrong descriptions of people with dyspraxia in term of laziness there is a piece of research that would only take a few minutes to find in a google which shows that people with dyspraxia (and most likely other neurodiverse conditions) have to work a lot harder and we use a different part of our brains to complete simple tasks compared to a neurotypical person and as dyspraxics we are often aware of that because we are trying are hardest to complete something but other people are not able to see that and it can then appear as laziness especially with the attention difficulties we can have alongside our dyspraxia.
the misconception that people who have dyspraxia are stupid often occurs prior to a diagnosis and normally in a school environment and more than likely stems from the other difficulties associated with dyspraxia such as thought processing, organisation and attention difficulties this does not mean that we are stupid or dumb or lazy it may just mean that the way in which we learn something takes longer and just like everyone else there will be some subject/topic that people are not particularly good at whereas due to the different process that occurs within a dyspraxic persons brain there may also be a range of tasks that we excel at.

i think ive covered some of the most common misconceptions about dyspraxia but im sure there will be many others that ive missed out so if you can think of any leave them in the comments below so anything that people seem to say about dyspraxia but you think is wrong.

and remember you are not defined by what other people call you and accept it if people do call you anything negative like lazy, clumsy stupid  you have a choice of whether to ignore or to prove them wrong.