Cross-lateral

Answer 1

 Hi. I was diagnosed as cross lateral very early on and had many problems at school with writing and co-ordination based activities.

My comprehension was always good and teachers that could be bothered to try to understand the condition were a bit more forgiving generally. I can write but it is painfully slow to make it legible.

He's probably having issues with listening as he is frustrated out of his mind - still remember the fury at not being able to do the simple things that everyone else found easy ;)

I was denied any extra time in exams at GCSE level and only achieved mediocre results. However, at A-Level, I was allowed to use a computer to type my answers and I achieved  A, A, B in my chosen topics. This carried over to university level where I won a prize for my dissertation and got a high 2:1.

My mother thought that drumming might be helpful and started me with some lessons when I was around 12/13. The discipline of practice and the coordination-heavy demands of the instrument were just amazingly helpful in moderating the effects of the condition. The fact I was teaching drums and gigging four nights a week at university didn't impress her though ;)

Another possible aid was (controversially) playing fast reaction-based computer games from a young-ish age. I'm not obsessed with this but it felt like it helped...

I am now a professional drummer and record producer and also do a fair amount of intricate computer-based audio editing (taxing coordination-wise and speed is essential)

I still can't write well in any way, and my signature is never the same twice, but I don't feel hampered by being cross-lateral.

All the best to you and hope this helped in some way!

Em

Answer 2

I got 800 in SAT math and 1400 total in 2003. I went on to graduate in the top 15% in my University doing mathematics in 2007. I then became an actuary and passed some of my actuarial exams with flying colors. Well, I am cross lateral and have not got a min of extra exam time in my life, though I sometimes turn up late for papers and got a little less time. : ) Don't worry, just do your best, prepared well, be very forcused and you will be fine. It doesn't matter if you get mins of extra time now, eventually, when you are working, no one willl give a s**t about existing learning disabilities or whatever... Good luck for you exams.

Answer 3

i was diagnosed with being cross lateral between the ages of seven and nine (not 100% sure) for a while i had to attend occupational therapy, i don't know of any allowances for being cross lateral as far as exams are concerned but i would recommend you ask someone at your school,which is what i will probably be doing after your question.

Answer 4

hi there, i was diagnosed as cross lateral at the age of 9 (1982) unfortualntly i have had no help, in schooling ( they didn't even realise i couldn't do my times tables at 10 onwards! and left with nothing. many people i have talked to have no idea it exists. i hope that you get all the help you need to sucseed in school and beyond. all i can say is don't let it hold you back, people will say you can't do this coz.... well i proved them wrong and so can you.
good luck in the future
claire x