Daniel Radcliffe reveals he suffers from dyspraxia
Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he suffers from dyspraxia. Dyspraxia affects motor skill development and can impair all areas of development and learning, including intellectual, physical and language. People with dyspraxia have difficulty planning and completing intended fine motor tasks. It is estimated that as many as 6% of all children show some signs of dyspraxia, and in the general population, about 70% of those affected by dyspraxia are male.
Daniel’s dyspraxia is comparatively on the mild end of the spectrum. Daniel admits he ‘was rubbish at everything at school’ and finds tying his shoe laces a bit of a challenge. In an interview to mark his Broadway debut in the play Equus, Daniel talked about the condition and in reference to the shoe tying, jokingly added: ‘I sometimes think, “Why, oh why, has Velcro not taken off?’’’
Daniel revealed in the interview that he wanted to be an actor from the age of five. But he said his mother was against it. When she finally allowed him to audition to play David Copperfield, in a BBC version of the Dickens classic when he was nine, he says it was because she could see he needed a confidence boost. And the rest is history. Daniel got the part and was a hit, which helped him onto Harry Potter and amassing a personal fortune estimated at $34 million.
Sorry about the diseas Dan!
But the fact that he’s doing so brilliantly on the set and on stage, just shows how amazing an actor he is! I mean, you can’t see any signs at all!
-a norwegian fan!
Sorry, i forgot;
Good Luck in the future!
- Santa Clause
either you (or someone you know) must have been diagnosed with “Dyspraxia” and are probably wondering if there is a cure …or will it just go away.
I can only speak from my experiences and feelings of what it is like having a son who was diagnosed with Dyspraxia at the age of 4. He’s 21 in a couple of week’s time. So as you can imagine there have been quite a few stories over the last 17 years of what it has been like for him and the rest of our family … Dealing with Dyspraxia.
http://www.dealingwithdyspraxia.blogspot.com
Cheers
Des