New from the U.S.
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New from the U.S.
I just turned 40. Was Diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder a few years ago but I've had longstanding issues with coordination, memory, ADHD issues, visual-spatial skills. I don't think Dyspraxia is diagnosed in the U.S., although don't know for certain. I've also been diagnosed with Asperger's, though don't greatly identify with it. It seems that memory and possibly concentration have been my main issues with jobs. I also have been diagnosed with sleep apnea a few times since 2012. I am not sure how long I've had sleep apnea and wonder how much I'd improve with treatment. I do have CPAP, but haven't been using it for various reasons. I think I can be a slow learner at times. Much of the time I can go into a lecture, etc and come out with next to nothing. Also auditory processing issues. urrently looking to work from home since it's COVID. It was nice to find this forum!
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DCD is medical speak for Dyspraxia. Many people prefer Dyspraxia over DCD. Many are not keen on the word 'disorder', others feel that Dyspraxia, derived from Dys - difficulty and praxis - doing, describe it better. Either way awareness and acceptance are very much lacking in society so it can be a real battle for us. The other difficulty we face is that many in the medical profession expect an individual will grow out of Dyspraxia/DCD. While we're able to develop coping strategies, the coping strategies we have developed can be rendered unfit for purpose by the different challenges we face in our adult lives. Dyspraxia/DCD is often part of a complex web of difficulties and people with it may also have other co-occurring conditions with similar/shared traits.
From casual observation, I believe that for many people living in the USA an Autism or ADHD diagnosis seems to be more the go to diagnosis for physicians, that is where people are able to find and can afford to consult one.
Often there are crossovers between Dyspraxia (AKA DCD) and ADHD. some folk tip the threshold to get a full ADHD diagnosis alongside dyspraxia. Others are unable to obtain formal ADHD diagnosis or just prefer not to go there as they'd rather not to be medicated. Auditory processing can be another thing that people with Dyspraxia/DCD struggle with. This can be keeping up with what is conveyed at a lecture. We're often big picture thinkers so can go off on thinking tangents or zone out or just mishear/misunderstand or misinterpret a verbal instruction due to difficulties with working memory and/or executive function.
Aspergers as a term has now fallen from grace, since it recently emerged that Herr Doktor Hans Asperger had friends who wore the crooked cross and that he, at the very least, likely looked the other way in regard their euthanasia programmes in the 1930s/40s. The condition he gave his name to now comes under the umbrella of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD - again many would prefer not to see the word Disorder there).
I regrettably don't know a great deal about sleep apnea, but I suspect if I was affected, I'd struggle with using a CPAP due to sensory sensitivities. Folk with Dyspraxia/DCD often share this trait with our autistic counterparts.
DCD is medical speak for Dyspraxia. Many people prefer Dyspraxia over DCD. Many are not keen on the word 'disorder', others feel that Dyspraxia, derived from Dys - difficulty and praxis - doing, describe it better. Either way awareness and acceptance are very much lacking in society so it can be a real battle for us. The other difficulty we face is that many in the medical profession expect an individual will grow out of Dyspraxia/DCD. While we're able to develop coping strategies, the coping strategies we have developed can be rendered unfit for purpose by the different challenges we face in our adult lives. Dyspraxia/DCD is often part of a complex web of difficulties and people with it may also have other co-occurring conditions with similar/shared traits.
From casual observation, I believe that for many people living in the USA an Autism or ADHD diagnosis seems to be more the go to diagnosis for physicians, that is where people are able to find and can afford to consult one.
Often there are crossovers between Dyspraxia (AKA DCD) and ADHD. some folk tip the threshold to get a full ADHD diagnosis alongside dyspraxia. Others are unable to obtain formal ADHD diagnosis or just prefer not to go there as they'd rather not to be medicated. Auditory processing can be another thing that people with Dyspraxia/DCD struggle with. This can be keeping up with what is conveyed at a lecture. We're often big picture thinkers so can go off on thinking tangents or zone out or just mishear/misunderstand or misinterpret a verbal instruction due to difficulties with working memory and/or executive function.
Aspergers as a term has now fallen from grace, since it recently emerged that Herr Doktor Hans Asperger had friends who wore the crooked cross and that he, at the very least, likely looked the other way in regard their euthanasia programmes in the 1930s/40s. The condition he gave his name to now comes under the umbrella of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD - again many would prefer not to see the word Disorder there).
I regrettably don't know a great deal about sleep apnea, but I suspect if I was affected, I'd struggle with using a CPAP due to sensory sensitivities. Folk with Dyspraxia/DCD often share this trait with our autistic counterparts.
Tom
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(from Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Foot Full of Bullets)