Dyspraxic Adults

Hi everyone, I found this board while researching dyspraxia and had a good read around and joined. I've always been labelled as careless, clumsy, ham fisted, awkward.... And was made very aware at home and school it was totally undesirable and irritating to everyone else, in later years I've learned to laugh it off and hide my frustration and dismay in front of other people. I have got quite upset about it recently over a potential work problem (I'll post in the work section) and was talking to a friend who suggested I could be dyspraxic - and the more I read about it the more I think it could be possible! Hope to chat to you all soon

Hello and welcome to the forum

I did't want to open a new topic to say hi Hello to everyone my name is Jim and of course I'm new but I will like to know few more things about dyspraxia.

Hello, welcome to the forums,

Clumsynat wrote:.. And was made very aware at home and school it was totally undesirable and irritating to everyone else

This is one of my bug bears, how some people can be so judgemental and yet dismissive at the same time. People don't seem to realise that being dyspraxic is not a lifestyle choice, it's a condition that we ultimately have very limited control over and the difficulties it presents us with are genuine.

They seem to think that they're Angels for tolerating us at all, whilst conviently and quite ironically being oblivious to the fact that it's equally difficult for us to tolerate them and their intolerance and impatience with us.

Many people simply lack the ability to see past their own perspective, but you might find that dyspraxics are actually quite adept at understanding perspectives other than their own, we can be empathic and insightful.

The things you describe in your post definitely have a dyspraxic ring to them, but remember not to be too hard on yourself, because too many things get labeled as a dyspraxic trait, (like being in the way, speaking too loudly or quickly or over others etc) that in reality actually aren't because when you take a step back and observe, you'll notice that everyone does that and often... The non dyspraxics are more guilty of these irritating traits than we are

I so agree with Jim here. We try to do our best and sadly some people still feel the need to snipe and find fault. It doesn't help one bit!