Dyspraxic Adults

Hi Mao

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Hope you find the forum useful and supportive.

Things have got easier now I'm less at war with myself. The extent to which we thrive or merely 'survive'is also very dependent on the amount of support, encouragement and acceptance we get from the people around us. Maybe we need an L pill for those who are nothing but unkind and unwilling to ...

You're about to become homeless because you're drowning under the weight of organising your finances and trying to deal with government body's like the council who want you to jump through multiple hoops that leave you overwhelmed without any support because you muddled through life without ...

They might counter that only you as the individual apply to Access To Work, though I would argue the employer needs to be on-side and give you confidence in that. It's in their interests if you apply early as ATW can pick up more of the cost if adjustments required are costly. DF announced cessation ...

A representative of Dyspraxia UK spoke at the Dyspraxia Foundation Conference I attended in 2023. Not used them myself but a friend once spoke to them with a view to self funding and they weren't forcing them to sign on the dotted line and pay up, rather they were suggesting ways she might be able ...

My experience has been terrible, useless, unsympathetic. I saw a disability employment advisor, earlier this year . She could not help me , because I am self employed. She said people who are neurodivegent are disproportionately self employed. Sorry to hear your experience has been so awful That ...

Hi Welcome t can definitely be a contributing factor among others. We might have been or still are subject to bullying that affects self-esteem. Being unable to drive but living in an area with poor public transport can heighten such feelings You can reach out to other dyspraxics/neurodivergent folk ...

It might help to be more upfront about your condition next time, so managers can offer better support. In the future, try to clarify tasks and ask for help if something’s unclear. The danger here can that not all managers have an adequate awareness of or acceptance of dyspraxia/neurodivergence. ...

Hi MrsBobs Based on what you've said it is entirely possible you have dyspraxia, indeed quite a lot of people recognise they have similar traits when their children are identified There's no requirement to be diagnosed/confirmed or otherwise justify yourself to post here. As many as a third of our ...

Hi Samy Regrettably it's not a straightforward answer. Some of the problem around the lack of provision for identifying Dyspraxia is because it seems to fall between clinical and special educational provision. As long as the medical side have ruled out other causes, a Dyspraxia Assessment ...

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Hi Kenny grrr autocorrect, I've had quite enough of your shirt :evilb: Welcome to the Forum and 'your people' I discovered my dyspraxia and this forum when I was 36. The 'revelation' left me with a hurricane of emotions and lot of unanswered questions about who to tell and how. Folk on this Forum ...

Use of pejorative terms like emotional regulation is also both insulting and unacceptable

The next Dyspraxic Adults Zoom will be held 11 Sep 2024 8:00pm BST

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Hi Sue Welcome to the Forum If affects people in many different ways and there are many other variables including the degree of acceptance and support we get from those around us. Also processing what it means for us personally and how and who we need to inform and uncertainty of how they might ...