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Dealing with dyspraxia
Sufferers of the condition are organising for free diagnosis testing, disabled rate rail cards, and wider recognition as disabled people, writes PETER LAZENBY

DYSPRAXIA is a lifelong medical condition which affects an individual’s ability to co-ordinate.

It can affect speech, and abilities such as writing, typing, riding a bike – abilities which many people take for granted, along with skills needed for education, work and employment.

Those definitions of the condition come from the Dyspraxia Foundation, a small charity set up 30 years ago.

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