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by ianpenfold
Wed May 26, 2010 12:18 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Dogs
Replies: 10
Views: 6788

Re: Dogs

You should re-assure your partner (who i hope already knows about you having dyspraxia - if not tell them) that when you get a dog of your own, it will become part of your daily routine. Something which might help is if you have a lock on your bedroom door - lock the bedroom door in the daytime and ...
by ianpenfold
Wed May 26, 2010 11:55 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Problems with "reading people."
Replies: 3
Views: 3912

Re: Problems with "reading people."

I have a kind of opposite problem. ...I seem to amplify my body language, most people can tell exactly how i'm feeling. On a subconscious level, i also read people very well and i can 'feel' how they feel. Looking at someone and trying to tell someone else that some outward sign mean that they are x...
by ianpenfold
Wed May 26, 2010 11:32 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: You know you're dyspraxic when
Replies: 403
Views: 682021

Re:

Like this? Ok not like that I'll try again lololol. yeah, when you cant follow what appears to other people as a 'simple' instruction. (cos its actually a set of new instructions: 1 Look for the thing you want to quote/reply to, 2 Look for the 'quote button', 3 Click it, 4 Look for the 'type your m...
by ianpenfold
Wed May 26, 2010 11:16 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Tying laces
Replies: 60
Views: 37348

Re: Tying laces

I was just about to mention that i'm getting rather annoyed about this 'all people with dyspracsia cant tie laces' thing. I didn't think i had a problem tying laces until i thought about it. i have noticed, thinking about it, that i always either sit on something or lift my foot up and rest it highe...
by ianpenfold
Wed May 26, 2010 10:57 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: My coping strategies - what are yours?
Replies: 44
Views: 47329

Re: My coping strategies - what are yours?

I Am SOOOOO glad i could be bothered to give google another try at adults and dyspraxia. I've found this. great! I also do the thing where i obsessively check everything that i should have with me to do whatever it is i'm doing that day. Like you, i also find that if anything i am doing that day is ...