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- Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:45 am
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Can you swim?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26492
Re: Can you swim?
Hmm I suspect one thing to ponder is swimming effectively to not drown/enjoy the water vs formal strokes. I am completely at home in the water and underwater frog is my primary stroke...I am also hopeless at most formal strokes. So contrast being called a fish by Grandpa with not progressing well at...
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:56 am
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Do you run funny?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14399
Re: Do you run funny?
People say I walk loudly more then they say funny. I am a noisy walker except when actively sneak walking
- Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: Studying
- Topic: Prom experiences please?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8997
Re: Prom experiences please?
I knew I was a pariah/outsider/freak growing up so I made up a story about dating twins I met at overnight camp and did not go to any of the dances except the graduation one...where I sang Karaoke
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:30 pm
- Forum: Studying
- Topic: Asking for reasonable accomidations...in the USA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7146
Re: Asking for reasonable accomidations...in the USA
I don't really know these answers but my brother asked me what accomidations would it actually take to get me through a degree and I don't really know....It sounds like getting support there is rough here I'm not even sure how to define or get what it would take. Ihave educated guesses but how are p...
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:57 am
- Forum: Studying
- Topic: Asking for reasonable accomidations...in the USA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7146
Asking for reasonable accomidations...in the USA
So I am trying to put togethsr a reasonable and useful list of accomidations for use in school work etc....this thread is for school. I am desperate and creative enough to be seriously considering making a trip to the UK just to get a *useful* needs assessment if I can. I have work experiamce, consi...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:10 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: You know you're dyspraxic when
- Replies: 403
- Views: 681357
Re: You know you're dyspraxic when
Your kitten decides she likes the "fresh pet" pet food (which has to be kept cold), so while working two jobs and having little time off you go to the pet store sort out all thier expired packages and clean them out of the five days worth that are not expired. You also go to the grocery st...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:50 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: An ingenious or perhaps crazy idea
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4597
An ingenious or perhaps crazy idea
Some of you may have read my previous threads - I am pondering looking for a way to come to the UK, Ireland, Canada...a country that knows what the hell Dyspraxia is. I have been researching for more then 6 years and wish I could get a single bloody credential...but since I have dyspraxia and am 41 ...
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:33 pm
- Forum: Work
- Topic: No Sense of Direction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2922
Re: No Sense of Direction
Hi Rick, Welcome, dealing with our weakness is often a challenge. I see several things in your post. One is the often harsh price of living with dyspraxia where it may be misunderstood...are you US or UK based (or elsewhere) if I may ask? I understand about breaks almost not being worth it with the ...
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:41 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 17169
Re: Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
I guess I'm an omnivert...either because I just am or because life with dyspraxia warped a natural extrovert into a weird hybrid being
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:59 am
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Learning to drive
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8738
Re: Learning to drive
I drive...it was not easy but having really good reflexes helps. A few things that helped. I took most of the classroom portion first and I am a strong tester. So I came into thedriving portion with the instructor seeing me as cooperative and intelligent. Then I worked very hard had a good instructo...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Navigating a broken system
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2613
Re: Navigating a broken system
I was not offended...I felt it important to clarify why it would seem quite odd to view me as dyslexic. Admittedly I do not actually know a lot about dyslexia....but growing up my school district basically had a program for kids with reading disabilities...and me. So I sat in the same room but seper...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:32 am
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Navigating a broken system
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2613
Re: Navigating a broken system
I'd like you (and anyone else) to expand. One thing you should probably know is I am a very strong reader and I get paid to talk to people for a living. I have also spoken on stage, been in plays, sing karaoke, worked retail. You get the idea. So dyslexia would be another really bizare fit for me. I...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:40 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Struggling with losing things
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4190
Re: Struggling with losing things
I am always losing things...I can deal with it...its when otherw berate me and tell me I need to pay more attentiom, be more careful, be more respomsible....really I am trying, I beat myself up plenty...and that gqrbage is npt helping...and I am fsr better then ai used to be. Also yes I carry a gian...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:31 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Navigating a broken system
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2613
Navigating a broken system
So I have dyspraxia/dcd but its not well known and I'm really struggling to navigate rhe mess of the us system. Well having finally managed to get myself to an occupational therapist....I am being pushed to take an autism diagnosis...the OT is really not familiar with Dyspraxia she is convinced that...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:58 am
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Officially diagnosed -Ideomotor Apraxia?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3031
Re: Officially diagnosed -Ideomotor Apraxia?
Its past time I replied (and sorry about typos...dyspraxia plus typing on cellphone, mitagated by the fact that I was handed a keyboard at an extremely young age) I am frustrated in general living in the USA with this condition. I am being pushed toward taking a high functioning autism diagnosis or ...