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by otis_b_flywheel
Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:39 am
Forum: Getting help & assessment
Topic: Lexxic
Replies: 15
Views: 9771

Re: Lexxic

I don't think a standard questionnaire is necessarily a bad thing, assuming it is followed up by a one-to-one assessment. I was assessed by Dyspraxia UK and had quite a lot of paperwork to do before meeting the assessor. This was hard going, but it got me thinking about issues that I hadn't realised...
by otis_b_flywheel
Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:46 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello everyone I'm new to the group
Replies: 4
Views: 2555

Re: Hello everyone I'm new to the group

That's a tight band - are you the bassist?
Regards
by otis_b_flywheel
Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:25 pm
Forum: Work
Topic: Has anyone with dyspraxia passed first aid?
Replies: 16
Views: 9849

Re: Has anyone with dyspraxia passed first aid?

An excellent question. I've done (and passed) more First Aid courses than I can recall, but have never had to give major First Aid in a real situation and always feel very uncertain that I would cope with the processing required to deal, say, with a multi-casualty incident. Has anyone here done so, ...
by otis_b_flywheel
Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Do you become less dyspraxic the older you get?
Replies: 8
Views: 4305

Re: Do you become less dyspraxic the older you get?

In a word, no. But we do develop coping strategies as we get older, and our improved self-knowledge helps us to anticipate what we are likely to do in a given situation. All this coping is increasingly tiring and I really have to work hard to try and pace myself, which as an active person who loves ...
by otis_b_flywheel
Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:16 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Views of and experiences with the Dyspraxia Foundation
Replies: 18
Views: 12281

Re: Views of and experiences with the Dyspraxia Foundation

I have also messaged the DF about the forum in the past in the hope it could be flagged to their membership and would hopefully thus increase participation and posts here. To be fair to the Dyspraxia Foundation, when I joined they sent me a list of useful web links, one of which was to this forum. ...
by otis_b_flywheel
Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:22 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Trying to do too much
Replies: 3
Views: 3645

Trying to do too much

Hello everybody and sorry for a long radio silence. I've missed this forum but as the post title may hint at, have been spinning too many plates. Under the "Learning, thought and memory" heading, the Dyspraxia Foundation list of adult symptoms contains the following: "May do only one ...
by otis_b_flywheel
Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:48 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Dyspraxia East Scotland
Replies: 6
Views: 4656

Re: Dyspraxia East Scotland

No bother, philm has been keeping me posted :-)
Regards
by otis_b_flywheel
Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:56 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Looking for advice to improve balance and co-ordination.
Replies: 2
Views: 1718

Re: Looking for advice to improve balance and co-ordination.

Hi thisismewithamask, Do you enjoy any sort of ball game at all? I know many dyspraxics are not good at these, dislike them and avoid them at all costs. But equally, if you are partial to ball games, even if not much good at them, doing a lot them is a great way of improving balance and co-ordinatio...
by otis_b_flywheel
Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:48 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: This place seems dead
Replies: 4
Views: 2446

Re: This place seems dead

Hi Firemonkey, To be fair, I think the forum is more lively now than it was in October / November that seemed a very quiet time indeed. I would say - don't get disheartened if one of your posts doesn't get a response for a while. As someone else said, we can be quite a shy / reticent bunch, and also...
by otis_b_flywheel
Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:27 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What do non-dyspraxic people think about the dyspraxic ?
Replies: 8
Views: 4417

Re: What do non-dyspraxic people think about the dyspraxic ?

Hi ákveðni, I think the answer depends on a number of things. Age for a start. Those under 25 - or perhaps 30 - seem to be more educated about dyspraxia and often nod knowingly when I tell them I'm on the spectrum. If older than this, I'm often met with a blank stare and, as I'm sure you know, it's ...
by otis_b_flywheel
Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:46 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: I am a musician!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 3137

Re: I am a musician!!!

Why if I have dyspraxia (and a specialist just suggested I do) do I have good fine motor skills and was I for a long time a professional musician? (Cello). I find this to be a very interesting post. I also am a musician though scarcely professional. My fine motor co-ordination is poor - bottom 7% f...
by otis_b_flywheel
Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:20 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Dyspraxia East Scotland
Replies: 6
Views: 4656

Re: Dyspraxia East Scotland

Interesting. Will you go as far north as Inverness and beyond?
by otis_b_flywheel
Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Answering the phone?
Replies: 16
Views: 11158

Re: Answering the phone?

I agree with most of the above - my last (nearly) full-time job as an employee was in a small open-plan office where 3 - 4 people could be on the phone at the same time - a dyspraxic's nightmare! I also have problems remembering to phone people, related to short-term memory I think (and perhaps a bi...
by otis_b_flywheel
Sun Nov 19, 2017 6:20 pm
Forum: Relationships
Topic: Experiencing frustration
Replies: 8
Views: 5159

Re: Experiencing frustration

I sometimes feel like when I mention my learning disability as a reason for doing certain things that people think I'm either making it up or trying to use it as a trump card. This is causing me frustration because all I'm asking is that people understand that I'm much more susceptible to make mist...
by otis_b_flywheel
Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:06 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Chris Packhan docunentary Aspergers and me
Replies: 3
Views: 2215

Re: Chris Packhan docunentary Aspergers and me

Thank you so much Tom for flagging this up - I've just watched it on iPlayer. I actually see very little TV and knew vaguely who Chris Packham is and that he's a wildlife enthusiast, but nothing about his autism, and this was for me a fascinating and touching film. As a self-diagnosed borderline asp...