What is it like to be a teenager with dyspraxia?
Research participants wanted!
Help other teenagers by sharing your story.
I am carrying out a project to find out what it is like to be a teenager with dyspraxia living in the UK. I am looking for 10 young people who will be aged 14 in January 2011 to take part in an interview to tell me what life is like for you. You don�t have to have a birthday in January but do need to be 14 at the time of the interview. You will also need to have a diagnosis of dyspraxia (you can have other diagnoses too, but dyspraxia must be your main difficulty).
I want to find out what sort of things you like doing, what things you find difficult and how you think dyspraxia affects your life. This will help the Dyspraxia Foundation, teachers and other people to understand what is important to teenagers who have dyspraxia so that we can provide better information and support in the future.
Your involvement in this project will include:
Participation in a confidential interview with an experienced occupational therapist during January or February 2011 .
The interview will take place at your house (or somewhere else chosen by you) at a time that is convenient
The option to participate in another interview next year if you still want to be involved.
Your parents will need to agree that you can be a part of this study, but they won�t be involved in the interviews.
After I have looked at what you have told me a group of older teenagers with dyspraxia will help me to make sense of all the information that I have gathered. I will send you a summary of the things that are most frequently mentioned during the interviews in the summer after each set of interviews.
Please get in touch if you would like to receive some more information about the project.
Sally Payne, Researcher
For further information, please call the Dyspraxia Foundation
01462 455016
or email [email protected]