So glad

[always_elan]

Hi

I am so glad to have found this site. Although not yet diagnosed, I am certain I have dyspraxia. Reading 'You know you have Dyspraxia when...' has been reassuring, in seeing that there are others doing just the same dyspraxic things as me.

I only realised that childhood years of being told off for poor handwriting, losing books, being exceptionally clumsy etc was down to dyspraxia from reading a newspaper article. I had long thought there was something different about me, but did also think my problems were all my own fault, so reading the article was such a relief. Although our symptoms differ in some ways, I could see both my son and my mother from the description in the article and the list received from the Dyspraxia Foundation.

The condition is still poorly known, although my impression is that it is a bit better now than it was. I do hope that between us all, we can really get information out there and have no child reprimanded for something they cannot help, and in fact for them to have the help they need to achieve their potential at school and as adults.

In 2012 I was diagnosed with M.E., I also have Generalised Anxiety Disorder, and am prone to kidney stones. On top of the health problems, the last year has been pretty rough, beginning in December 2011 with two bereavements within a week of each other, then in the Spring being threatened with eviction (due to not keeping the kitchen clean and tidy), and some other 'stuff'. But I'm here, and happy, and am stubbornly optimistic about 2013. One thing I would love to do is set up a dyspraxia support group here in Devon, or the South-West generally, but the M.E. and anxiety make it difficult. It would be great to even just make a start this year. And I am looking forward to being part of this community, a place just for us dyspraxics - wonderful!

[Shadwell]

Welcome to the forum always_elan.

It is great to hear you enjoyed reading "you know you got Dyspraxia when..." it is kind of our funny way of looking at things as well as personal experiences of the condition.

we welcome any new comers diagnosed or not. I found out after watching a Morning TV section about Dyslexia/Dyspraxia promoted by Dore, and then that night went to see my mother, and she had come up with the same conclusion a few years prior but never followed up on it, even though I said to her to.

but found out about the condition in 2006 and being diagnosed as Dyspraxic some 20 years earlier, which meant it was with-held from us by the GP, and always told it was our imagination.

anyway welcome to the forum we got a great bunch here.

Mike

[Willr0490]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

[always_elan]

Thank you for the welcomes, it does seem a lovely, friendly forum. I haven't responded before because this is a crazily busy time for me - only two appointments this week and one next, but as I have M.E. as well as dyspraxia and only normally go out occasionally, this is hectic for me. Probably daft to enrol on the forum this very week of all weeks, but I was so excited to come across the site that I couldn't wait!

How it feels to be part of a community that knows and understands about dyspraxia:

[AlleyCat]

I do hope that between us all, we can really get information out there and have no child reprimanded for something they cannot help, and in fact for them to have the help they need to achieve their potential at school and as adults.

I completely agree with you. People have no idea how frustrating and damaging to a child's self-esteem it can be when they are frequently getting told off for things they can't help. It's sad that nearly every adult with dyspraxia seems to have experienced a lot of this kind of treatment in childhood.