IF there was a cure for Dyspraxia?

[capbiker]

Would you take it, or would you not?

This is something that goes through my head a lot from time to time. If there is known cure for Dyspraxia would I want to take it or not? A part of me would, so that I was normal and didn't have this disability any more. Yet another part of me thinks, if I was cured of my Dyspraxia, who or what would I become. Dyspraxia is a part of what makes me, me. How much would I change, if that was removed. How different would I be now etc.

So what do you guys think?

cap

[Tom fod]

Generally agree with you're point living with my 'limitations' has made me who I am and I'm well regarded for what I can do despite my frustrations at what I can't manage so well.

Think I'd want a cure and be taken back in time to try again from say age 14. I know that's being slightly greedy.

[Tim G]

I agree with you there - at times I think that it would be good and that I just want to be normal and not have thies issues. - I gues beceuse I know this is not the case and that I want to deal with it is why I am trying hard to deal with my problems both with dyspraxicia and thoes related to it.

However saying that there was a compleate 'cure' - would I take it - I feel that it would have its advantages and could really help and deal with the issues and knowing that I can just do things that much better and not feel like things are out of reach so in that respects i would jump at the chance.
However like Tom said its part of oure personality and makes us who we are - if I wasent dyspraxic then it would be a big diffrance and i dont know how much I would like it.

I guess if I had a chance to start life again and with the choice of being dyspraxic or ND at all I would chose not having thies issues - thats clear benerfit and would be a compleatly new perspective on things. Taking a 'cure' as you are now is a verry diffcult deshion but knowing that it isent possable puts my mind at rest and gets me back to reailty and makes me deal with my issues head on.

[OopsieDaisy]

What a good question!

Would I take a cure? Now, no. When I was a kid, definitely. But then, my biggest dyspraxia related difficulty has always been other people, not my limitations. I was quite happy not being able to do certain stuff but no-one else was satisfied with that. If I could have been accecpted for who I was I would not have had half the problems I ended up encountering. So, greater public awareness and understanding would be as good as a cure.

Dyspraxia does seem to be very much part of who I am. Not just the stuff I can't do or find difficult but the stuff I am really good at seem to be directly dyspraxia related. I'm not sure how much of that comes from having to be innovative and adadptable to cope with dyspraxia and how much of it is dyspraxia itself. At the end of the day I don't care.

Having said that, if I could loose the physical difficulties for a day I would love to ride a chopper (the bike, people, the bike!)and do wheelies up and down the road . And I'd like to climb a tree. Just once. And be able to get back down again...

[Magic_Lemur]

Personally, I would take it, ironically precisely because I'm Dyspraxic and love trying new things. It would probably lead to personality changes (e.g. losing that chaotic creativity), but it would be good to be able to talk to people normally, without fear of saying something dumb and to not be considered 'weird' all the time.

I love Dyspraxia in some ways, and can live with it, but I'd also love to be free of those days where everyone hates me for being clumsy, and I'm sure most of you would too.

Definitely the red pill for me.

P.S. A corollary question, what aspects of Dyspraxia would you like cured? i.e. would you take the cure if it made you an excellent sportsman, but also made you a less kind to others?

[BinaryBovine]

Would I take a cure for dyspraxia? In a heartbeat. But I'm not so sure all my problems would vanish. What worries me most is- if I didn't have dyspraxia perhaps I'd still be a failure... and then I'd have nothing to blame it on. What if I'm only using dyspraxia as an excuse for my current failures when it really plays no part in my inadequacies?

[Tim G]

if I didn't have dyspraxia perhaps I'd still be a failure... and then I'd have nothing to blame it on. What if I'm only using dyspraxia as an excuse for my current failures when it really plays no part in my inadequacies?

I think you really have to look at what the faliers are an what happend and see how thies relate or not to dyspraxicia.

[jiamei67]

Hi all,

Why do we treat dyspraxia as a disability? It's what made who we are now. I lived with the condition without knowing it for 36 years and I did not find out about it until recently. How did I feel at time? Very mixed feeling, I felt a sense a relief because finally I realised that I am not stupid, it's just the way we are. Yes, my teenage years was terrible, suffered from extremely low self esteem, couldn't understand why I couldn't do all the simple tasks without a struggle, even after the struggle, I still couldn't do it. I hid my incapability from all my friends, I learned to do things in a different way, I study and work much harder than my friends. I am proud of being dyspraxia, we might be different, but we are stronger, funnier, more humble than most of so called normal people. I am a Chinese, have lived in this country for 12 years, I have a degree, I am a charted accountant and I have a job I love, live in this great country. I don't think I can make it if I am so called normal person. I would not change a bit. We are fantastic and we should all celebrate it.

On a sleepless night, I will read the posts on this forum and I am no longer lonely. Hope you all feel the same way!


Jiamei