By Amanda Kirby
Early life is difficult for many folks, yet for a person with developmental co-ordination illness (DCD) it may be two times as tough. Amanda Kirby, the mummy of a DCD baby herself, addresses the most problems encountered via young people with DCD, together with construction relationships and dealing with secondary college. With a commonsense procedure, she presents a sequence of useful rules on how participants can take on those problems. This e-book is an invaluable source for youth with DCD, in addition to mom and dad, academics and wellbeing and fitness execs.
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Puberty brings for the boys an additional daily task of shaving. This may be difficult to achieve at first without some practice. Looking in a mirror and judging how hard to press and where to shave can be a real challenge and can result in cuts and lots of blood! Additional difficulties such as teeth cleaning may still remain a problem. • Hair care should be minimised with a short easy-to-keep hairstyle. • Use of electrical equipment such as an electric shaver with a safety guard will be easier, as will an electric toothbrush.
Some adolescents with DCD are less of aware of the need to keep an acceptable distance when talking or sitting with someone, especially when the other person is not well known to them. Lacking awareness of this may result in these ‘normal’ boundaries being crossed too soon. This may also result in the individual coming too close and invading body space of others and be ‘all or nothing’ in his advances. Some may misinterpret this as being over-friendly, or it could even be perceived as threatening.
The following should be considered when choosing a college: • Should this be in the home town or near enough to be able to get home? • Is there good public transport? LIVING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY 43 • Is it better for the individual to be in a catered hall of residence to start with? • Do you know anyone else there who could help springboard into a social setting? • Are the college aware of difficulties? • Have you applied for disability student allowance? Case study Emma was 13 years old and she wanted to play a musical instrument.
