Dyspraxic Adults

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My only tip would be look at what it says as a snapshot of where your difficulties lie, not an absolute. Assessment reports often make for depressing reading as they focus on difficulties rather than ability and potential. It should make some recommendations on what help and assistance may be approp...

Hi and welcome This as good a section as any and if I have a fit of pique I can easily move your post and my response into Getting Help and assessment. I think you've expressed yourself perfectly adequately, From a dyspraxic pedant like myself, that is high praise! By cognitive motor neuron type ski...

I'm afraid I have only a knowledge of dysgraphia (there is not much out there!), other than it's generally known to have a detrimental effect on handwriting, However, that is as much an over-simplification and disservice as saying "Dyspraxia is being clumsy and having coordination difficulties. You ...

New here, hello! Just a quick rundown of my situation: as someone who was born prematurely and as a result, am on the autism spectrum as well as have dysgraphia, accomplishing tasks which require a high degree of fine motor skills has always been a challenge. I managed to make my way through school...

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It's difficult to answer. Have you asked DF?

How many have a realisation but cannot get formal confirmation?

How many have it mentioned in or on clinical or educational notes but it was only a theory and/or it was never adequately explained to them?

Personally I'm not overly happy with 'diagnosis'.

In the title question, do you mean Of those who consider themselves Dyspraxic, how many have formal confirmation? How can you have a diagnosis of dyspraxia undiagnosed? Do you mean in terms of Dyspraxia not being identified during childhood? How many are not told about their Dyspraxia by teachers/pa...

Hi there Pooka95 Dyspraxia does seem to be prevalent in folk who had difficult or premature births. I would start by speaking to your GP. Tell him/her about the difficulties you're experiencing and how they're impacting/affecting your day to day life. Knowing for certain in theory will enable you to...

Hi Chris and welsome Some of the ASD traits are also shared by folk with dyspraxia. It seems that in many cases if you already have an ASD diagnosis, professionals are unwilling to give you a Dyspraxia one. This is possibly because doing so may be taken as calling into question or disputing a fellow...

Difficulty is that migration could land you in an even more unfamiliar environment avay from the support structures of family and friends. Some countries are more progressive in terms of disability discrimination law but not all employers are understanding or even comply with the spirit of such laws...

Hi Charlie A couple of months ago I took part in a Zoom Q&A run be Dyspraxic Circle with an Occupational Therapist from the Cov area who was involved in providing Neurodiversity services. You would not be wasting NHS time if speaking to someone and getting a definite answer either way would have you...

The difficulty is we all have different thresholds in terms the level of risk we're prepared to take. I'm reasonably ok getting a bus to work, since driving /walking aren't options open to me. All I can really do is try to be diligent about precautionary measures such as frequent hand washing/saniti...

I absolutely echo Xenavire's point. While we have a natural tendency to do so, comparing ourselves to others does not help us.

Celebrate and develop what you're good at whilst being aware of and looking for ways to improve your coping strategies for taking on things that are more challenging.

Some readers in the UK can take offence at the mention of 'Learning Disability' in a Dyspraxia forum Dyspraxia is NOT a learning disability. Here the term learning disability is used to refer to someone with an IQ of less than 70. I believe this figure is very arbitrary and that folk with learning d...