ever seen a real-life dyspraxic?

[becky]

I'm surrouded by them! By mum is dyspraxic (it appears to be herederity in our family) but my best friend and house mate is also dyspraxic. I know another girl who also has it. It's nice having such a good friend who understands what its all about. We share our dyspraxic stories.

[Daniel]

You know how cities are awarded a certain 'status' - Liverpool has it's city of culture, Lancaster is a cycling city now. Sounds like Belfast could have a dyspraxic city status!!

Let's all emigrate and create a utopian dyspraxic vision. Hmm, hang on a minute though... this could be rather messy and chaotic

[rhyds]

You know how cities are awarded a certain 'status' - Liverpool has it's city of culture, Lancaster is a cycling city now. Sounds like Belfast could have a dyspraxic city status!!

Let's all emigrate and create a utopian dyspraxic vision. Hmm, hang on a minute though... this could be rather messy and chaotic

A bit like Italy then?

[Lumic]

You know how cities are awarded a certain 'status' - Liverpool has it's city of culture, Lancaster is a cycling city now. Sounds like Belfast could have a dyspraxic city status!!

Let's all emigrate and create a utopian dyspraxic vision. Hmm, hang on a minute though... this could be rather messy and chaotic

liverpool has its culture......where no ones informed me i thought we were the city of road works as city centre is full of them

[Daniel]

Liverpool 2008 "City of Roadworks". There's no doubt a committee somewhere in Brussels that could have that arranged!

[Lithium_joe]

I often teach and support pupils on the Autistic Spectrum whenever I work in schools as a TA, I've met lots of kids with a kaleidoscope of different diagnosis's, including recently, dyspraxia.

It was the verbal kind that meant the child had difficulty pronouncing words and letter sounds so "S" came out like "D"

When I was told he had dyspraxia - it made sense of the problem, but I wouldn't have leapt to the conclusion from the brief period of time I had when I was introduced to him.

Indeed, one of the specific questions I asked was - are there any diagnosed specific conditions (so I might approach teaching with a certain method in mind) and was told "no, just general learning disorders."

Make of that what you will.


My 2 cents.


LJ.

[mina]

I work at a university so I have met a few. I think you can only tell once you start to know someone and you are aware yourself of what dyspraxia is.

[Lucy_Rush]

liverpool has its culture......where no ones informed me i thought we were the city of road works as city centre is full of them

"City of roadworks" seems much more appropriate than "Capital of Culture" for liverpool right now.

[gherkin001]

ive never met anyone with dyspraxia knowingly at least. I'd like to though as I dont understand it myself and from another persons perspective it could be interesting as a 2 way learning experience

[strabright]

yes - absolutely loads and I can spot a person with likely dyspraxia a mile away

[maria]

From reading up on the internet, I'm a self-diagnosed mild dyspraxic as is one sister and one brother. However, about fifteen years ago or more, before I'd even heard of dyspraxia, I worked with a guy in his fifties who was forever falling over. He'd go to put stuff in his desk drawer and fall off the chair or he'd go to put filing in pigeon halls and would manage to fall across the person standing next to him. He told us he was so accident prone that he was at the hospital every week of his life when he was a kid. He was a nice enough guy but not very organized. He wasn't exactly scruffy but his clothes were a bit flung on. He was a creative person and involved in amateur drama. He walked with a sloping gait and always brought a briefcase to work with him which amused us as we wondered what on earth he would keep in it apart from sandwiches! We just thought of him as being a bit eccentric.

Now I wonder...did the briefcase contain reminders to help organise his obviously chaotic life? Did he always fall over because of dyspraxia? Was he creative because of dyspraxia?

My dyspraxia is hardly noticeable whereas my colleague's problems were much more severe.

I wish I could have asked him "Dave, do you think you may be dyspraxic?" I could kick myself for never having heard of the condition back then...except I'd probably miss...

[Vier]

Yes I have met male dyspraxics and we are both dysfunctional together. Something has to give when it comes to us both having mood swings. Almost like a comedy. duo, he trips on curbs and I fall over.

[SirDaveofDanger]

I've met a couple of them, both were wierd like me, but in different ways

[Wobble]

Yeah,i seem to be surrounded by them everywhere i go,lol.Its not an uncommon condition.
I definately believe the male to female ratio is equal,but less girls are detected becuase were more self critical from early on.

[Wobble]

Yeah,i seem to be surrounded by them everywhere i go,lol.Its not an uncommon condition.
I definately believe the male to female ratio is equal,but less girls are detected becuase were more self critical from early on.