DDX3X

This resource is a colloboration between DDX3X Support UK, Hanna Munro specialist occupational therapist and Salford University occupational therapy students Jess Andrews-Price and Niamh Crowley. We have come together so that we can offer parents and carers of children and young people with DDX3X a place to find practical advice and strategies. 

Below you will find icons that represent areas of daily life that your child may need support with. Click on the icons to be taken to a directory of links to helpful websites, videos and other free resources.

For more information about DDX3X please visit the DDX3X Support UK website.

WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY?

Children's occupational therapists (OTs) help a young person to overcome challenges so that they can participate more fully in home, school and community life. They look at the child's skills and environment to see what is a barrier to the child growing, learning, playing, socialising and having fun.

With regard to children and young people with DDX3X barriers include sensory challenges (such as a need to be constantly on the move, difficulty tolerating haircuts, toothbrushing and noise), emotional and sensory regulation (getting upset, anxious or angry easily or difficulty with attention and focus) and motor skills (difficulty with reading, writing, PE skills, getting dressed, riding a bike, tying laces etc).

Occupational therapists make recommendations on how the environment can be adapted and how the child's skills can be developed to enable improved wellbeing and participation in daily life.

It is best to see an occupational therapist in person. To find an occupational therapist near you click here.