Dyspraxic Adults

Ive found it the best way to cover the forgetfulness up lol.......

Even though you have this site bookmarked... you still forget to go to it, then spend AGES looking for the link when its right at the top of the list.....

When you manage to walk into the same doorway 3 times in one go to manage to get through... Doors are such great fun!

when your having a really bad day and you cant actually make it down the stairs with out falling down them (it happend one weekend lacked any sort of skills and end up going down staris on my bum and everyone else had to do things for me)

when you cant dry your hair with out a hair drier with out bumping your self on the head at least 10 times

when you have to write a plan to make sure you get through a weekend and you have to make at least 3 coppies coz you know your gonna loose one

and finaly

when you give up on having a purse coz you can never actually remeber where you put it

When you can't make breakfast without burning yourself.

I did this on Thursday, I made the tea and toast for my colleagues, then put my porridge and milk in the microwave in a bowl for exactly the length of time the instructions on the packet suggested.

2 1/2 minutes later, it was ready , I left it in a minute then went to take the bowl out using some paper towels, even through that I burned myself , I let go/threw the bowl instinctively, the bowl landed on the sink and the porridge landed on my hand.

Thankfully I was next to the sink when it happened so immediately stuck my hand underr cold running water, still hurt like hell though

I went to the hospital, had it dressed, so many dressings on my hand and arm that it looked about 3 times it;s usual size.

And after all that my work didn't even let me go home when I returned from hospital still in a lot of pain

I've taken the bandages off and my hand bears a strong resemblance to a map.

Think I'll be sticking to corn flakes and cereal bars from now on.

when you dont realise how close you are to something and then walk in to it (i now have a huge bruse on my arm)

or when no matter what you do you cant seem to hold a plate in one hand and open the door with the other with out droping it or the food on it

when you end up in A&E with a foot injury sustained while falling from...
a futon(gave the receptionist a laugh anyway. and the triage nurse, and the doctor and the person who did the xrays..)

when your cats are too afraid to be in the kitchen when you're cooking, but watch from a safe distance and then rush in to hoover up when you're done!

you can never quite remember whether christmas day is December 24th, 25th or 26th ..

My cat does the exact same thing......

You know you're dyspraxic when you manage to twist your ankle twice in two days and can never remember appointments without at least 3 reminders somewhere

.....When you get lost in uni, ending up in the wrong department, and then get confused as to why the room you're looking for isn't in there.....

Wouldnt have been so bad if it wasn't for the 200 kids following me.

(It was at work). I was supposed to (along with another person who didn't turn up), take all the kids from the coaches to a room in a nearby department. Felt very awkward when i had to ring to be rescued from somewhere else. Especially as i had to try and get them all back downstairs again since i'd taken them upstairs to a room that wasn't even there!

You know when your dyspraxic when your boss asks youto do something work related the telephone rings you answer the phone and completely forget what the boss told you to do until you are at home that evening watching TV or in bed. I've done this so many times ...........embarassing

When you're worked in a place three years and STILL cannot recall a persons name when they say hello to you by name. Yet you know "the face" I cringe at this one cos it happens to me .....................

Oh yes! Always having it happen.. I now call all men "chap" and all women "hun", makes it less obvious when Ive forgotten lol

Kirsty

when you trip over your own feet

...when you trip over your own feet.

I tried explaining this phenomenon to someone the other day ( actually a class presentation) - I said:

"faulty pro-prior-receptive feedback..."

and they said:

"What??"

So I said:

Right, hold you arms out in front of you like zombies and close your eyes.
Now raise up your one arm.

Can you tell, without looking, which arm is higher?

They said :

YES!!

So I said:

THAT'S pro-prior-receptive feedback. It's the ability to know the position of your body in 3-dimensional space space, without looking at it. Someone with this problem might, for instance trip over a lot because - well how often do you need to look where your feet are when your walking to make sure you don't fall over them.



...and I do this too.

it's not caused me to go falling over yet, but I trip and stumble quite often and it's not like I'm walking over cracked paving stones.

This also goes for walking into things.

It is my considered opinion that door frames should be a statutory two inches wider.

Although I suspect this wouldn't solve the problem.

.... When you see the open door, and somehow still walk into the door FRAME!

Kirsty