It has only recently dawned on me that I probably have Dyspraxia, after reading Victoria Biggs' book, "Caged in Chaos". Before this, I'd been confused by the overlap with dyslexia, as I didn't have any of the reading, writing, spelling issues "typical" of dyspraxia, and excelled in English at school/uni.
Bigg's points out that, like her, some people with dyspraxia have a particular ability with English/languages (writers like Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Hemingway and Kerouac are thought to have had Dyspraxia, so we're in good company 
), so I guess it might make sense that I can have most of the other symptoms and still be a big reader.Up to this point in my life, my self-identity has been as a "Disaster Area", "Scatterbrain", and "ham-fisted" Klutz! I'd mainly point this out before people judged it for themselves
I was perpetually embarrassed 
and habitually said "sorry", until I began to not care so much about my clumsiness, in my 30s. Discovering there's a name for what I'm like is something of a revelation, though, like someone saying, "didn't you notice, you've got one less limb than everyone else; that's why things have been tough?"! 
Ironically enough, I started to read more about Dyspraxia because I'm responsible at work for training new staff (support workers) about it, so they can help disabled adults who have it! That feels like an even bigger responsibility now, so I want to learn as much as possible from this site.
Actually, like Victoria Biggs, I'd prefer to call Dyspraxia a "learning difference" rather than "difficulty/disability"; not because I don't think it can have a hugely disabling effect on us day to day, but because I'm becoming aware of its benefits, too (such as the verbal intelligence, strategic thinking and caring natures they talk about
) and all that we can achieve in spite of dyspraxia (hey, there was no way I could ride a bike as a kid, but I still learned at an adult class, and love my bike nowadays!) 
Nice to read your posts, Elizabeth
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