Dyspraxic Adults

I am a senior manager but work in an organisation where difference is valued I manage a team of really creative and a wacky people , other ask me how I put up with them but hey they put up with me . In all seriousness my chief executive is really good and seeing people strengths and not seeing them ...

Thanks Tom what you say makes perfect sense but families are complex My sister older than me and I lived in her shadow for years in my late teens and early 20s removed myself from the shadow she in her own way is very unconfident and takes any suggestions as criticism and gets very defensive . When ...

Hi I have just come back from a few days with my sister and her family . My youngest niece is 14 and is dysprexic . She has an older sister whose 17 and is very bright studious and everyone describes as a good girl. A couple of things happened that really upset me one when I dropped a plate my ...

Hi although Access to Work is given to you and anything they fund will belong to you your employer will be asked to contribute to the costs how much depends on its size. Access to work needs your employer to agree to make this contribution before they will come to assess you . They also may want to ...

I think it is a good idea to tell your colleagues about your dyspraxia . On the whole I have found people very supportive I don't know your work colleagues but I always take the approach sometimes I find organising my work difficult if you do this it helps ( for me sending me outlook appts rather ...

Hi Mark I really know where you are coming from because a couple of years ago I was in the same situation where I felt my dyspraxia was getting worse . I was having major short term memory problems ( something on the whole I don't have) my organisation skills both at home and work were awful and was ...

Like many I have always had problems falling asleep and have irregular sleep patterns . I often wake up in the middle of the night remembering something I need to do and have to get up to do it or the solution to a work issue comes to me .I go through long periods of insomnia poor quality sleep and ...

You unlock the office door and somehow manage to miss the handle when trying to open the door and the door slams shut . Your colleague whose inside says how did you manage that

I worked in open plan office for a while and it was a bit of a disaster . I negotiated and was able to wear noise reduction headphone (you can still hear phone) they helped a bit but it was still difficult and I would get distracted by other behaviour . In the end I negotiated a move to quieter ...

I realised yesterday that I hadn’t been on this forum for about 2 years hadn’t even thought about it . Whereas 2 years ago I was a daily basis. The reason being 2 years ago I was in a living hell being bullied on a daily basis at work , and close to a mental breakdown 2 years ago I thought I was use ...

last night put the washing in the machine just getting ready for bed and rembered that I hadnt taken my clothes out the machine . Got half way through hanging them on the driers when i realised that they were bone dry Yes I forgotton to put the machine on . Took all the dry clothes back down and put ...

Thats a great idea. I think that makes sense it takes it away from being my issue .

I always but sugar cubes saves a lot of mess

No they wouldn't e expect that of a blind person ( one of my team is blind) as a Disabled peoples organisation over 60% of the workforce are disabled in my workplace . The point is there seems to be no problem making adjustments for people with more visual impairments . So my blind college has Jaws ...

The thing is everyone in the office agrees that these things shouldnt be happening ( I have not had an easy time there myself) but everyone seems powerless to stop this culture. It becomes were busy what i dont understand is we have no problem making reasonable adjustments for people with more ...