Dyspraxic Adults

Dyspraxia is unlikely to give you much of a priority.

I had another assessment a couple of weeks ago, turns out I have mild to moderate dyspraxia gee I hadn't worked that out myself

Skinny slow eater here

I was really disappointed by my assessment :( From the outset the "assessor", an Educational Psychologist, told me he was unable to assess for dyspraxia apart from rhyming off a set of questions from the dyspraxia website, which resulted in him telling me what I basically already knew - th...

What can I expect by way of an assessment with an educational psychologist?

Thanks

I have a preacher "friend" who fails to / refuses to understand the concept of disability, especially the social aspects, he thinks God will cure all if you ask. How do I address thisvand make him realise these issues are real and can't be magically "cured"?

Willr0490 wrote:My original diagnosis was by an educational psychologist as well as an occupational therapist.

That's the kind of personel I would have expected. Were you a student at the time?

Thanks for the replies

AlleyCat wrote:Hi and welcome to the forum!

Thanks for the welcome, but I've been a member since 2007

What qualifications should a person have to be able to assess for dyspraxia and what sort of "tests" should I expect at such an assessment?

5 years to the day!!!

Good grief I can't believe I wrote that nearly 3 years ago lol. Time flies when you're having fun

What one are you going to?

Many many years ago LOL

I think it's safe to say that if you're doing an MPhil then you're not stupid! Just what I was going to say :) In fact many here are graduates or post graduates, so I wouldn't say Dyspraxia = stupidity, far from it in fact. I myself am currently doing a part time MSc. I wasn't "diagnosed"...