Dyspraxic Adults

You said, "When it comes to doing work, for money, I'm always motivated, so I've never done a bad job." It's great that you have good motivation for work and are able to perform well. However, your good performance doesn't come down only to motivation even though it plays an important part...

Chris Rock's take on gun ownership isn't much different from yours, but I will say no more in order not to spoil the punch line.

Welcome to the site, Jess.

Congratulations on getting 1st class degree in Law. That's no mean feat!

I certainly can relate to some of the struggles you mention with oral communication in spur of the moment situations.

Dr. Tony Hill, the psychologist, in the TV series Wire in the Blood is described as having Developmental Coordination Disorder by Wikipedia. He is an original thinker who often gets to the bottom of crimes that highly competent neurotypical senior officers cannot fathom. He also has 'different' soci...

I've never personally been that much into guns, so don't have any strong opinions on the matter. However, if you could do with a bit of humor, you can look up the stance of African American comedian Chris Rock on the topic of gun ownership on youtube. I'm also not personally into using soft drugs or...

Thank you for your reply. As always, your posts get me thinking, which is no bad thing. :) I think our wires got crossed about a few things, so let's try to clear up these matters. I am not generally a bitter person. I have no objection to you describing your accomplishments or those of other people...

I find that yoga eye exercises help me get some focus back especially when stressed. They are mainly designed to improve your eyesight, but I also find improved concentration to be a welcome side-effect.

If you look on youtube, there are some clips on yoga eye exercises that may be of help.

In the 1983 Channel 4 film Good and Bad at Games there is a main character called John Cox (aka Animal), who I think might be dyspraxic. John Cox is a boy at a private English boarding school in the early 1970s who is horrendously bullied by the in crowd of odious toffs at his school. Ten years late...

Thank you for providing some thought-provoking and challenging even if sometimes headstrong posts. I must say that I have developed something of a love-hate relationship with your writing. Sometimes you come across as a great inspiration yet I must say that at other times you seem to be a somewhat b...

While I agree with the general sentiment of the label to some degree, you have made a few arguments which, with due respect, I think are somewhat flawed. In places, they even come across as judgmental and insulting even though that probably was not your intention. I also totally disagree with your i...

I must say that your description of dyspraxia "sounding thoroughly feeble" really does hit the nail on the head. No wonder so many people are reluctant to disclose it despite the problems it can cause. I think your theory about the nature of dyspraxia is also rather good. I have a little s...

In my previous post, I said the cost of a private dyspraxia assessment with an educational psychologist is several hundred pounds. Actually, I think about 200 to 300 pounds is more like the going rate. I hope that sounds a bit better. Anyway, I hope the fact that your mother works in the health serv...

I'm not a medical professional but I would put my money on you having dyspraxia and (possibly) ADD from your description. You want to know whether to get assessed. The major advantage are that it would give you and your immediate family some kind of perspective. It would also help prevent some of yo...

This is such a good article, which hits several nails on the head. It's a shame that I don't have a printer handy because reading it over a computer screen doesn't do it justice. One of your comments has really set me thinking. "It is said that a dyspraxic undiagnosed before the age of fifteen ...

I can certainly understand how you feel! Like you I also found out that I had dyspraxia while doing an MA in my late 30s. That gives us three things in common already! Unlike you, I'd suspected dyspraxia for a long time. That was more than a decade ago and I have to admit that I haven't completely g...