Dyspraxic Adults

Hi there Euphena, Well! What to do next is the big question! I'm working part-time in a job I love, and I'm on my fifth Open University course. I want to get my degree, but I really need to get some decent support around how to mitigate for my shortcomings, and make the most of my strengths. I'm not...

Hi there Agsiul, I've done a lot of "brain training" type games that work on working memory - mostly visual memory. I've also been learning British Sign Language, and we played a lot of games that needed working memory in class. I found the kinaesthetic / visual teaching of BSL worked real...

Well! I had my appointment with Tim Francis this morning, and it was pretty interesting. It was confirmed that I am most definitely NOT dyslexic (which I knew, but it's always nice to be right!) and I AM dyspraxic. My stupidly high scores in some areas of the WAIS-IV counterbalanced some very low sc...

Hi there Eva, That's really interesting. I'm going for assessment because I was assessed a few years ago, and my assessor also couldn't assess for Dyspraxia, and I was told that I had a "cognitive profile consistent with a specific learning difficulty" but with no problems with literacy, s...

- Direct Debits are set up for all of my bills, rent, council tax. - I also use the radio to keep track of there being an outside world. If I don't, I have almost no concept of time passing. - I plan what I'm doing each day, with a rough idea of times, with wide "margins of error" around t...

Hi there Evasura, In what way don't you trust the person that you've seen? Is it the diagnosis you don't trust? How did your assessment go? What tests were done? What were you then told about the results of your assessment? I'm asking because £300-odd is a lot of money to fork out for a second opini...

Ah ha!

Thanks Euphena, that explains the "I know it when I see it" comment I think there seems to be a degree of "takes one to know one" with Dyspraxia.

I've booked to see him now, but I feel much better about it.

Best wishes

Robin

Very interesting article - and I'm really glad you had a good instructor that understands different people's needs. I took a different path - I tried to learn to first ride a motorbike (parents bought me a knackered, but useable bike when I was 17), and found it difficult but possible. Passed my CBT...

Hi all, I contacted Tim Francis a few months ago with a view to seeking accurate diagnosis of what goes on in my brain. His response was "I specialise in adult assessment and work with a number of top flight uni's to provide assessments of thier students. I diagnose dyspraxia regularly. I know ...

Hi all! I've just found this forum today, I've not used a Dyspraxia-specific forum before :) I'm Robin, I live in SE London with a tank of tropical fish, and I work part-time for a disabled-led theatre company based in East London. I'm also trying to study with the OU, but I've never managed to work...