Dyspraxic Adults

Hi,
I think that I've finally found my people reading this site. What a relief it is to find people who understand what it's like. I'm Grackle and I'm a 44yr old Canadian woman. When I was a child, I received occupational therapy for a number of years for a small muscle co-ordination problem. I think that the OT helped me a lot although I found it very frustrating (I referred to OT as torture by pick-up sticks or said that I did Ori-mushy - others would call it Origami). I had less trouble with gross motor and I used to run around a lot when I was a kid and played sports that didn't involve hand-eye coordination (of course I was usually covered in bruises from falling down ) Despite the OT, there are a lot of things that I just can't do ,like driving, artistic stuff, recognizing my own neighbourhood and on occasion my own house I never connected this to my childhood problems until I thought to look it up recently and eventually found this site. I thought that I was the only one over 7 who drops everything, spills everything, walks into doors, trips over air, can't get organized properly etc. It is so nice to find others like me.
Grackle

hi x isn't it great to realise your not going insane!!! my name is shey plsd to meet you. I to often don't know where i am in the world, i have no concept of time it kills me!!!!! & i am also new to this website, i have 3 children all of whom are dyspraxic (bless) its a little like the blind leading the blind in my household! but we don't care! ;0)) so we forget birthdays, (no matter how long you have been in our life) appointments! etc etc etc x i love being me! its everyone else who finds it hard! getting lost is a fantastic hobby of mine ! i meet nice people, see new places & often used to dissapear for a day or two! although this has got better & so it should at 42 lol x anyway nice to meet you x
take care
shey x

Hello to you both and welcome to the mad-house we dont bite.............................. much

Kirsty

shey wrote:...i love being me! its everyone else who finds it hard! getting lost is a fantastic hobby of mine ! i meet nice people, see new places & often used to disappear for a day or two!

Hi Shey,
Nice to meet you. I love your sense of humour! I must say that I've been lost a lot of times and on occasion, I have also met some nice people (one lady that I asked for directions once walked me 3 blocks or so and watched me walk into the correct building ). I'd love to say that I was a kid when it happened but it was actually in the last 5yrs or so .
Grackle