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by Jim
Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:34 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: 26 years old, only just realising and accepting
Replies: 2
Views: 719

Re: 26 years old, only just realising and accepting

Those do sound very much like dyspraxic traits.

Try not to feel too embarrassed by it though, it’s not as though you asked to have these difficulties. Just view it as though you’re approaching life from a slightly different direction.
by Jim
Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:21 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Driving (improving turning)
Replies: 5
Views: 5385

Re: Driving (improving turning)

I think part of this could be down to spatial awareness and us dyspraxics can be a little challenged in this area. Personally, I find the architecture of the car can make a big difference because they all have differing visibility. For example, when I leant and passed my test a little over 20 years ...
by Jim
Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:27 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Positive Trait of Dyspraxia
Replies: 7
Views: 3234

Re: Positive Trait of Dyspraxia

I can’t find anything publicly documented that Rowan Atkinson has Dyspraxia or any other learning difficulty (unless he’s kept it private). But it is known that he had a speech impediment… especially on the letter B which resulted in the rather marvellous way he said ‘Bob’ in Blackadder.
by Jim
Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:57 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Dyspraxia
Replies: 3
Views: 585

Re: Dyspraxia

Hi Chloe. I don’t think you’re alone in the things you describe. I think sometimes as adults we’re both consciously and unconsciously masking our symptoms or difficulties. Looking back on my adolescence, I think I was trying very hard to fit in… and not succeeding. As a result I was not very happy, ...
by Jim
Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:46 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New to the forum!
Replies: 2
Views: 1574

Re: New to the forum!

Hi Gwen, Welcome to the forum. They made me use those ridiculous rubber grips designed to correct your grip on a pen / pencil when I was very little to. I found them very painful to use and reverted to my ‘wrong’ grip as soon as I was out of nursery/lower school. Sure, my handwriting is pretty crap ...
by Jim
Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:48 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Learning to drive on and off for five years now
Replies: 2
Views: 4037

Re: Learning to drive on and off for five years now

I wouldn’t worry too much about the focussing on the automatic. The way technology and cars are going then the manual transmission will eventually be a thing of the past.
by Jim
Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:36 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Driving
Replies: 7
Views: 6929

Re: Driving

I passed both theory and practical first time. I did spend longer than the average joe in lessons though. But that may have been more down to my instructor trying to squeeze more money from me #-o It’s all down to the individual really. We all learn at different rates and found my dyspraxia didn’t a...
by Jim
Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:08 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Touch Typing
Replies: 6
Views: 3990

Re: Touch Typing

Get yourself a full size keyboard to plug into the laptop. A laptops internal keyboard is very difficult to touch type with because it’s narrower and more compressed. After that... it’s largely placing your hands in the idea place for your fingers to reach the most common keys and practicing to deve...
by Jim
Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Feeling Down
Replies: 4
Views: 2440

Re: Feeling Down

At least you have a reason for your difficulties now. It doesn’t ultimately change anything but it can help you understand your difficulties better and you may find that your coping mechanisms develop a bit more organically around them. Like what has been said, knowledge is power.
by Jim
Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:15 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: significantly attached to an unconfirmed dyspraxic and confirmed amazing man
Replies: 2
Views: 2361

Re: significantly attached to an unconfirmed dyspraxic and confirmed amazing man

Don’t worry, I think everyone would realise that you were talking about one person :cool:

welcome :)
by Jim
Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:55 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Covid 19. Updated
Replies: 9
Views: 7063

Re: Covid 19

Stay safe everyone.
by Jim
Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:13 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Driving
Replies: 4
Views: 5910

Re: Driving

Being dyspraxic shouldn’t prevent you from learning to drive if you want to. Yes, it may pose some difficulties, hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness etc but remember that driving is as much to do with attitude as it is basic ability. There are plenty of bad drivers out there who will have nor o...
by Jim
Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:03 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Wrapping Presents
Replies: 9
Views: 7889

Re: Wrapping Presents

Luckily for me, my fiancée is nuts about wrapping so I basically let her do it all... which is bad for everyone else as she has a habbit of making it nigh on impossible to unwrap :D

I don’t mind wrapping.. I start out neat enough but get sloppier with each gift.
by Jim
Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:18 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Seasons Greetings
Replies: 2
Views: 1883

Re: Seasons Greetings

Seasonal greetings everyone.
by Jim
Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:23 pm
Forum: Relationships
Topic: Does Anyone have Kids or want Kids
Replies: 44
Views: 27322

Re: Does Anyone have Kids or want Kids

Also, it has been argued before that ASD may have been useful for evolution due to discoveries being made by high functioning autistic people. Indeed, it is suspected that some of history’s most revered geniuses, Einstein, Da Vinci etc would have been somewhere on the neuro diversity spectrum. I im...