I'm Lissie,
an 18 year old student in my first year of studying animation and illustration
my parents always knew i was 'different' and last week i finally got tested for dyslexia and dyspraxia and was diagosed with both (with dyspraxia the more prominent) along with getting told i was suspected of having ADD and aspergers syndrome... but at the same time i found out i have an IQ of 140... which makes me gifted... apparently (i always thought i was stupid so that was a surprise)
I have no idea what to do with my diagnosis tbh, i know i can get support and stuff but... i dunno, i'm just here to make friends and to hopefully not feel like such a weirdo, so there we have it...
lotsa alove,
Lissie.xx
hey there ^^
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Re: hey there ^^
Hi Lissie. There are probably more people out there with dyspraxia than we think- there'll be quite a lot of people who haven't been diagnosed yet. I wasn't diagnosed until I was in my 20s when I was having problems on a PGCE course, although at least 10 years before that I knew I struggled to do 'practical things.' I'd gone for a dyslexia assessment, but the diagnosis came back as dyspraxia. There's actually quite a lot of overlap between the symptoms of dyslexia, dyspraxia, AD(H)D and asperger syndrome- I reckon I might have ADD as well as dyspraxia because I had problems with paying attention when I was at school. It's quite common for people with dyspraxia to have issues with concentration.
I don't think I have asperger syndrome, as I'm generally pretty good at working out what other people are thinking, and am able to empathise and read facial expressions, but some people have wanted to suggest that I have it because I have 'problems communicating'- basically though, my communication 'problems' are just caused by the way dyspraxia affects the way I speak, not because I don't know what to say to people. If you think you're able to put yourself in other people's shoes, then you probably don't have asperger syndrome. In terms of what you want to do with your dyslexia/dyspraxia diagnosis, it's often only when people have problems on a course that they decide to use a diagnosis to get help such as extra equipment and adjustments such as extra time in exams. At this stage in your course, you might not want to seek extra support, but if you do, you would probably be best to have a discussion with someone from Disability Services (which was part of Student Services at my university)- they should be able to tell you what type of support you might be able to get, and could advise you on how best to speak to your course tutors about having dyslexia and dyspraxia. As you're doing a creative degree subject, it's very likely that the course tutors will have come across students with dyslexia before.
I don't think I have asperger syndrome, as I'm generally pretty good at working out what other people are thinking, and am able to empathise and read facial expressions, but some people have wanted to suggest that I have it because I have 'problems communicating'- basically though, my communication 'problems' are just caused by the way dyspraxia affects the way I speak, not because I don't know what to say to people. If you think you're able to put yourself in other people's shoes, then you probably don't have asperger syndrome. In terms of what you want to do with your dyslexia/dyspraxia diagnosis, it's often only when people have problems on a course that they decide to use a diagnosis to get help such as extra equipment and adjustments such as extra time in exams. At this stage in your course, you might not want to seek extra support, but if you do, you would probably be best to have a discussion with someone from Disability Services (which was part of Student Services at my university)- they should be able to tell you what type of support you might be able to get, and could advise you on how best to speak to your course tutors about having dyslexia and dyspraxia. As you're doing a creative degree subject, it's very likely that the course tutors will have come across students with dyslexia before.