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by firemonkey
Sat Feb 22, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

pixiewithdocs wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:33 am @firemonkey I'm so sorry if I offended you.


Thanks - a minor blip, nothing more . I've had a lot worse things said to me .
by firemonkey
Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:11 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

Depending on the category, that's actually not too unusual for Dyspraxic people. We are nothing if not wildly inconsistent at times, especially with motor skills or spatial awareness. So depending on the person they could range from amazing to awful, even on the same day. However, if their tests ...
by firemonkey
Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:43 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

After being on their site for a while, doing their brain training games , I wouldn't recommend it . That's not because the games are bad , but because the scoring leaves a lot to be desired . There can be large moves up or down within a short period of time that makes little sense .
by firemonkey
Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:05 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

pixiewithdocs wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:04 pm
Surely you're not advertising though...


It was purely to show where the test results were coming from . That remark you made could be seen as being inflammatory .
by firemonkey
Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:59 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

They were paid for . You can pay monthly, yearly or three yearly .

https://blog.cognifit.com/dyspraxia/
by firemonkey
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:38 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

https://www.cognifit.com/science/cognitive-skills/auditory https://www.cognifit.com/science/cognitive-skills/divided-attention https://www.cognifit.com/science/cognitive-skills/visual-perception https://www.cognifit.com/science/cognitive-skills/estimation https://www.cognifit.com/science/cognitive ...
by firemonkey
Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:06 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8529

What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

This is mine using Cognifit . I'm using strength >600 and weakness < 200 . Auditory short term memory 758 Divided attention 755 Visual perception 653 Estimation 609 Hand-eye coordination 8 Non- verbal memory 86 Width of field of view 8 Planning 76 Spatial perception 8 Visual short term memory 35
by firemonkey
Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Avoidant ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2897

Re: Avoidant ?

I am another one that's never taken a driving test.
by firemonkey
Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:45 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Avoidant ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2897

Avoidant ?

Are some of you, like me, quite avoidant? By that I mean there are some things you won't do because you know you're not good at them . If so I think that can camouflage your difficulties , unless someone interacts with you quite a lot .
by firemonkey
Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: is it a "proper" disability?
Replies: 13
Views: 16686

Re: is it a "proper" disability?

I would use the term 'learning difficulty' .
by firemonkey
Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:06 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Dyspraxia and fajitas
Replies: 3
Views: 2932

Dyspraxia and fajitas

They just don't go together . Messy,to say the least .
by firemonkey
Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:44 pm
Forum: Getting help & assessment
Topic: Help Resources List - Updated Jan 2025
Replies: 13
Views: 75374

Re: Help! Mental Health, Emotional and mental wellbeing

Anxiety is something that occurs with my Asperger's and schizoaffective disorder . Very probably being dyspraxic ,although not officially diagnosed , adds to that anxiety.
by firemonkey
Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:27 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Disability line etiquette
Replies: 22
Views: 12680

Re: Disability line etiquette

I'm certainly not condoning victimising disabled people . Ironically though your stance smacks of 'Guilty till proven innocent' . That indeed could result in the victimisation of disabled people. A way round such an issue would be to have a card to be used in such situations that states any ...
by firemonkey
Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:10 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Disability line etiquette
Replies: 22
Views: 12680

Re: Disability line etiquette

It's the most civilised attitude.
by firemonkey
Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:07 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Disability line etiquette
Replies: 22
Views: 12680

Re: Disability line etiquette

Better to find one guilty person innocent than 5 innocent persons guilty.