Dyspraxic Adults

Hi guys. I've just moved out into my first flat of my own and I'm struggling to cope. Even thought it hasn't even been 24 hours. The prospect of all my bills, rent, car payments etc has become very overwhelming all of a sudden. Due to circumstances beyond my control I'm not able to move back home if ...

Ive been having them on and off since i was a kid. Getting in the shower used to set mine off when water went over my face. They stopped for quite a while, 15 years more or less, but they came back after my grandad died. I was having upto 5 a day for a month or two. Apparently, Dyspraxics are prone ...

No im not being payed cash in hand thankfully. I was only warned about this company after i started working there. People have had problems with them for years. Just today 4 people walked out because we didnt get the right pay and the jobcentre know im working there. Im still signing on though as im ...

Im working at a caravan site on behalf of another company. They are only paying me a certain amount per caravan i clean. 15 hours a week im only getting around £50 a week which equate to around £3 per hour. I was told when i got the job it would be £111 per week. Ive told them becuase im dyspraxic th ...

Ive always found getting a proper sleeping patterns extreamly difficult. Mine right now is not being tired till 4am and not physcially being able to wake up untill between 10 and midday. The worst one was i wasnt getitng tired till 9am and not waking up till 6pm and that took me a good 4 months to ...

Im 25, still living with my mum and dad in a new place i absolutly hate and feeling very isolated. I want to move back down to Nottingham where my friends are but i am petrified of not being able to make it on my own. I can cook and clean but for me its the financial side. Ive got no discernable ...

I to feel the same. Im dyspraxic but my brother isnt. Whats doesnt help things is that there is only 15 months between us. So he caught up and went beyond me every time. I still get teased by people my own age that i cant do certain things that they can and take for granted and if truth be told, it ...

new developments. Since this i did ring up and complain & it was logged into the system. I was due to be paid today...i wasnt. I rang up at 8am and they told me i didnt turn up for my appointment on tuesday ( I DID I SIGNED THE PIECE OF PAPER!) They said i would recieve a phone call by 4:30pm, I got ...

Im constantly forgetting things, its very frustrating for me and others around me and people do frequently loose there temper with me about it. Always loosing house keys. There was one year i went through 8 sets of keys, 2 mobiles and 3 jobs.

Thank you everybody, i cant begin to tell you how humbling it is to find people who know what its like and care enough to help. Maybe the human race isn't so harsh after-all

If i dont feel like my complaint has been delt with satisfactorily where else can i go to to get advice. Im just sick of being made to feel stupid and treated like a piece of **** whos not worth peoples time, consideration or energy

I was 6/7 when i was diagnosed. It was my teacher who noticed it, she had just done a course which had dyspraxia in the text and she told my mum and dad, they got me refereed and then i was diagnosed.

Im applying for bar/waiter and retail jobs. I know bar and waitering is difficult with dyspraxia but its all i know. The 2 jobs were both in hospitlity. One at Premier Inn and the other one was Pumpkin ( on the railway stations) Pumpkin religated me to cleaning duties only before i walked out. I ...

Im Dyspraxic and gay i also know of another lad who is also dyspraxic and gay aswell, could be a coincidence who knows.

I was at the jobcentre today for a routine appointment, I told the woman who was dealing asked me if i have any disabilities and i said yes i do, Dyspraxia. She said it is not a disability....! I told her yes it is, and she just would not believe me. She then proceded to tell me, cant i just get ...