Dyspraxic Adults

There are private occupational therapists who are qualified to diagnose dyspraxia. I had to get diagnosed for work reasons - 1. to get some respect 2. to be able to continue driving my own automatic car and 3. to get some help with admin as my job increasingly involved typing forty-odd page reports ...

Hi Katharine - I get what you mean about hearing. Everything seems to come in at the same level and it's almost impossible to differentiate between background and foreground noise. When people shout in your ear - it feels like your ear drums are going to burst - it's so painful. I really wish they w...

There were wonderful things going on in County Durham in the late 80s / early 90s. Most schools there tailored their physical education to fit the needs of dyspraxic children. It was a really pioneering approach

I got my first lessons at 17 and was held up as hopeless by the instructor to his other pupils. I carried on with various instructors over the next 25 years until I realised you could get automatic cars. I bought one and negotiated with an instructor I knew to take me out in it. It was MAGIC! The ca...

I was diagnosed at 53 as per advice from my union shop steward re possible time and motion and car expense issues (I am an automatic driver and did not have access to an automatic pool car and the council was looking to cut back millions). My GP contacted someone who used to do the assessments but h...

Hi John - that's a really hard start that you've had. I feel for you, having had those feelings as a youngster myself. Life's just not fair - hits you with multiple problems when you're trying your hardest to make your own way in the world. My additional complications were my mother's mental health ...

Just joined up. Looking forward to speaking with you and getting to know you all. Diagnosed nine years ago at the age of 53 due to the changing demands at my work. Happily retired from all that now, but that also brings it's own challenges! Married with two grown up kids - one, a polyglot (her speci...