Dyspraxic Adults

poodlelover81 said: I'm not sure which category this falls into. I just noticed how immature I am compared to others of the same age. I went to college, but only went to explore my sexuality & if I might be bi( as I wasn't out yet in high school). I graduated 1 year and a half ago, and I can ba...

I apologize for bring up an old thread. Just noticed you like kayaking. Do you find it affected by your dyspraxia much? The reason I'm asking is that I did a BCU 1 star award a while back and I was certainly the dunce of the group even though the instructor was wonderful! Learning all these subtle m...

Tom fod said: Sadly I believe one of if not the leading cause of death for adult males under 45 is suicide. That is a frightening statistic. Tom, I've just done a quick check on this. What you say definitely is the case in Ireland. I couldn't find anything on the UK but I can't imagine it being muc...

otis_b_flywheel said: I don't think dyspraxia itself has any consequences for life expectancy, yet it is often associated with loneliness, which we are always being told on the media these days is worse for you than smoking. I personally am a little sceptical about that, but would be interested in ...

Welcome aboard. I'm neither a gamer nor an artist but it's always interesting to read about these things.

Outdoors & Flowers said: One of the children's therapists gave a presentation on dyslexia and dyspraxia. I sat there and cried (gently sobbed really so no one would see!!!) Welcome to the forum, Outdoors & Flowers. It is indeed quite an experience when undiagnosed adults first encounter a c...

Wish90 said: I am wondering if I should try to get assessed. Would it be of any help to me?? It's so expensive and I don't think my GP would help. What are people's experiences? I would always recommend getting assessed if you can reasonably afford it, mainly for the peace of mind it brings you. In...

Jim and Tom, I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. I didn't bother writing Tom said on the quote because it was taken from what was the most recent post on this thread at the time. In the future , I'll always take the trouble to name the poster when quoting to prevent any such misundersta...

....I can choose not to be bothered or upset by it. If that is the best a post can do, it really is of no benefit to this site. Every post on this website should be written to either help or interest (at least) some dyspraxic people or to ask for guidance from dyspraxic people. IMO, anything which ...

[ Jim said: ....few seem to consider that perhaps those people had some trauma or issues of their own which are no less valid than our ours. Be that as it may, I think it's beyond the scope of this website to deal with non-dyspraxics' issues or traumas. Especially when they talk about dyspraxics rat...

Aladdin said: I think the Life Expectancy for Dyspraxics is below average, given the problems dyspraxics have including mental health problems. I have suspected that for a long time. It is unlikely that it's caused by the dyspraxia itself but more by the side effects that you hint at such as stress...

Most of the reason I want the test is piece of mind, and knowing its not totally my fault . That is a definitely a big plus of getting diagnosed. However, I was already more than halfway there when I found out about dyspraxia and read up on the symptoms before my assessment. I suspect that the vast...

I'm currently leaning more towards the idea of deleting it. So far I have resisted doing this since I believe we as a community are capable of responding constructively to counter such views and giving friends,family members, partners food for thought on how they interact with and understand us. Ac...

I'm 20 and in University and only recently came across the idea of dyspraxia,but looking into it, I'm think I tick a lot of the boxes, and a friend who is dyspraxic basically told me he see's a lot of the things he has problems with in me. Among other things, I'm incredibly clumsy, fall over a lot,...

Jim said: I think sometimes we have to pause for thought. It's all too easy to feel instant offence.............Knowing our tendencies to sometimes take things literally.. we ourselves ought to pause for thought and be sure we understand what was meant and not simply was said. I have thought carefu...