Dyspraxic Adults

Are we all clear on the definitions of extrovert and introvert? They can be defined different ways. Usually, people think of introverts as the shy ones who don't socialize much and extroverts as the social butterflies. Officially, though, the definition of an introvert is someone who draws strength ...

I eat very slowly, I used to at school only have 10 minutes left of lunch when i was younger. Wow--that's me, too. I used to never have any play time at all at lunch, and not even necessarily get to finish my lunch, because I was such a slow eater. Maybe that's why we dyspraxics eat so fast. We ...

I'm in denial, lol! I think I just find it hard that the ed psyc could tell I had dysbraxia that easily... ? That's not denial, that's shock. If you were in denial, you wouldn't be visiting this forum. You would insist that you didn't have dyspraxia, no matter what, and you would keep away from ...

Caroline, so many of your issues--what you have and don't have--sound like mine. I identify as dyspraxic, along with ADD. I've had the ADD diagnosis since I was 19 (I'm now 37), but the word dyspraxia doesn't really seem to be used here in the US, at least not by professionals. I've been told, over ...

Interesting. I have some of the problems people mentioned: I get headaches from fluorescent lights and serious eyestrain if I use a computer more than about an hour at a time--and I'm completely unable to read long blocks of text on a computer screen. If the text isn't broken into blocks of no more ...

My physical activity of choice is tai chi. It can even be a martial art--one of the tai chi teachers I had over the years was especially strong on the fighting art aspect of it. My current tai chi practice is based more on the health aspect of it, although where I study, the martial aspect gets an ...

Hi, all. My story: I'm a 37-year-old American, diagnosed with ADD at age 19 . Before then, I never even heard of it. When I was growing up, only hyperactive little boys got that diagnosis, and I was a quiet girl with inwardly directed type ADD. In addition to having ADD (I do believe that's the ...