Dyspraxic Adults

Hello everyone, I am just wondering whether you think there may be a correlation between Dyspraxia - or any related disorders - and verbal intelligence. Intelligence can, and is, accurately categorised using two conceptualisations of IQ: verbal IQ and performance IQ. People who score strongly on ...

I was wondering whether the law, in the UK, protects people with disabilities from being discriminated against on a personal and individual basis. For instance, if I was at home, and a flat-mate repeatedly refused to tailor their behaviour to my disability, would they be liable ot face ...

Hello everyone, It seems to me that people with Dyspraxia tend to worry about day-to-day incidents on a far greater scale then anyone else, and sometimes, at least in my case, this leads to unnecessary stress and affects my personal relationships. I worry that, when someone says something to me that ...

That's good to hear. Mine went well, there's considerably more age-diversity amongst the class than I expected. Are the majority of people in your class younger? I was in that position last year, when I went back to college to do a BTEC.

I'm starting a new course soon, and I've just been informed that I'll be getting to know my classmates in the college canteen, a day before the course starts. I'm pretty nervous about this, as I'm quite shy, and I just wondered if anyone has any tips for it. The fact that there's a high probability ...

I am quite sure, yes. Dyspraxia has been known to correlate with a high verbal IQ, but sometimes other factors - such as the discrepancy between thinking and actualizing - tend to mask such talents from the world. Writing is definitely my (only) talent, and one of the moderators on Dyspraxic Teens ...

I consider the complexities of a situation far too radically for my own good, and more often than not add a negative twist to the situation.

I have heard it stated that quite a few great authors were dyspraxic, including Jack Kerouac; Emily Bronte; Ernest Hemingway, and George Orwell.

I also know for a fact that the renowned photographer, David Bailey, is dyspraxic.

I am dissappointed to have missed this. I always seem to enjoy watching This Morning whenever it catches my glance. What was the models name? I'd quite like to do some research.

I am right-handed, but there is a few things I feel much more comfortable doing with my left.

Hi, I'm Henri. I'm a regular poster on the Dyspraxic Teens website (I'm nineteen next week), but as a young adult, I feel I can contribute here as well.

Looking forward to reading and posting here