Hi Katherine and a very warm welcome to our community
We've had/have other teachers here and it's worth searching the forum for teaching (or parenting) keywords as you're sure to find posts re their own experiences/challenges which may be relevant and helpful.
All the best.
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- Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:33 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1746
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:25 pm
- Forum: Work
- Topic: Need advice for dealing with human resources and also for an upcoming phone interview
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2569
Re: Need advice for dealing with human resources and also for an upcoming phone interview
Hi Scruffy Disclosure is always at least a theoretical minefield. I'm assuming the USA has some degree of legislation aimed at protecting those who might be discriminated against for various reasons including disability. I note you feel you need to be open and honest with them but don't want to give...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Struggling with losing things
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4188
Re: Struggling with losing things
Hi and welcome Yes and I hate it since it very much tends to make me feel useless and incapable. I try to be obsessively careful to always try and put things in a set place or pocket to avoid such events. Would a clip and chain or one of those curly plastic retracting key ring or a lanyard be an opt...
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:46 pm
- Forum: Relationships
- Topic: Online Dating Progress
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19271
Re: Online Dating Progress
Jim
Delighted to hear of your good news and I'm sure your girlfriend feels equally blessed and lucky too
My love life has still yet to lift off though I do try to remain optimistic even if the light at the end of the tunnel sometimes seem to have been shot out.
Delighted to hear of your good news and I'm sure your girlfriend feels equally blessed and lucky too
My love life has still yet to lift off though I do try to remain optimistic even if the light at the end of the tunnel sometimes seem to have been shot out.
Re: Advice
Hi again I'm also quite inclined to procrastinating and leaving things for too long. Everyones' lives are to a greater or lesser degree chaotic especially where the unpredictability of other people and things are involved. To my mind being dyspraxic means we have a greater need to feel we that we ha...
Re: Advice
Hi and welcome Laur2525 I'm sorry I can't offer a specific reply as I haven't been to university, hopefully there's someone else here who might be able to offer some more specific advice, based on their more relevant experience. In the meantime, it sounds like you've had a personally difficult and w...
- Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:13 pm
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Is my life screwed?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3685
Re: Is my life screwed?
Hi Rowan and welcome I can understand your worries and I sense like me, you're your own harshest critic and the beratings you've received over the years have resulted in your becoming a bit of a perfectionist who worries? It's encouraging that you can recognise that your grandparents view was not ne...
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:57 pm
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Anxious for assessment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2587
Re: Anxious for assessment
Hi and welcome Our personalities are influenced by many factors and we are all individuals. Dyspraxia does have an influence but there are positives:. Determination; having empathy; big picture thinking etc. It sounds as though you are living life and I can understand the revelation that you may be ...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:21 pm
- Forum: Relationships
- Topic: No social life/Loner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8584
Re: No social life/Loner
I've tried local meetups groups, and it helps get me out but I've always found that people in them tend to be more normal. Meetups can fulfill a need to have folks to hang out with, but I often fail to connect and make meaningful friendships. No No No not the 'N' word! (and by that I mean 'Normal'!...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:56 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Eyesight and Dyspraxia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9609
Re: Eyesight and Dyspraxia
Hi Sarah and welcome
To be fair only five of us here who have responded to this thread so far, but yeah it does seem to be a factor for some of us.
To be fair only five of us here who have responded to this thread so far, but yeah it does seem to be a factor for some of us.
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:48 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Recently Diagnosed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2363
Re: Recently Diagnosed
Hi Siobhan and welcome It's a lot to take in, remember that despite a common diagnosis we'll all unique individuals and many of us have other co-occurring conditions which may be directly or indirectly linked to our dyspraxia (and/or dyslexia) Despite the new diagnosis you're still you You've obviou...
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:39 pm
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Officially diagnosed -Ideomotor Apraxia?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3024
Re: Officially diagnosed -Ideomotor Apraxia?
Hi Michele So do you agree with/understand this diagnosis? Is obtaining a 2nd Opinion viable? Has he suggested any next steps? Did you mention Dyspraxia and how did he respond? From the little I can understand, apraxia = unable to do and dyspraxia is more 'difficulty with doing' . However I suspect ...
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:30 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi, dyspraxic autist here
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1711
Re: Hi, dyspraxic autist here
Hi Sanctus and welcome It's hard to explain since people are affected in a variety of ways and to different degrees and have a variety of coping mechanisms which makes comparing each other difficult, if not impossible. I guess the one thing we can say with a degree of uniformity is that we tend to h...
- Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:45 am
- Forum: Getting help & assessment
- Topic: Am I dyspraxic?please help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2572
Re: Am I dyspraxic?please help
Hi and welcome. Sorry to read that things are horribly difficult right now.I suspect you're fearful of asking for help but please do so as it makes no sense struggling more than you have to. If possible get instructions in writing or write them down yourself then read them back to someone to ensure ...
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:00 pm
- Forum: Work
- Topic: Dyspraxia Employment survey for Dyspraxia Awareness week
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3665
Re: Dyspraxia Employment survey for Dyspraxia Awareness week
I'm not sure I'm ever compatible with online surveys. They often seem restrictive and I end up 'getting lost' One would think a survey for dyspraxics would conform? No a preposterous notion 8-)