As adult dyspraxics we seem to be in the position where the outside of full-time education we're particularly poorly served in terms of assistance of any kind.
In an ideal world what would you like to see in place that would help you, be it in terms of work, personally, assessment, transport or anything else?
Dan.
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haha i second that!
or perhaps we could cover everything with cotton wool so that when we bump into things, it doesn't hurt? or perhaps i should just wrap myself up
on a more serious note....keyboards with more space between the keys so that i'm not constantly typing in the wrong letters (although i'm sure that something like this is available if i look hard enough).
i can't really think of anything else...i'd love some way of being able to concentrate, or being able to remember things like instructions, but i can't think of any viable ways of sorting those out.
or perhaps we could cover everything with cotton wool so that when we bump into things, it doesn't hurt? or perhaps i should just wrap myself up
on a more serious note....keyboards with more space between the keys so that i'm not constantly typing in the wrong letters (although i'm sure that something like this is available if i look hard enough).
i can't really think of anything else...i'd love some way of being able to concentrate, or being able to remember things like instructions, but i can't think of any viable ways of sorting those out.
free transport, assessments, and a coffee that isn't out of a machine!!
and as for me then I was never treated right in education, and still not getting any help now, the system s***'s! so how can it be any worse?
I was assigned a social worker, that I never even met, let alone had help from!
teachers calling me thick! or could do a lot better, so why aren't you?
and most of my school life answering questions to people that didn't know what 1+1=!!
so I think I would say everything to how to make the system better!
and as for me then I was never treated right in education, and still not getting any help now, the system s***'s! so how can it be any worse?
I was assigned a social worker, that I never even met, let alone had help from!
teachers calling me thick! or could do a lot better, so why aren't you?
and most of my school life answering questions to people that didn't know what 1+1=!!
so I think I would say everything to how to make the system better!
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robyn
transport help, partly it costs too much, but sitting on two different, allways late and too crowded busses everyday to go to work is a nightmare. the waiting and sensorary problems there are just too much, also going anywhere new I find a planning nightmare, I can never figure out the right bus route or timings, we should get funding for taxis for that atleast, Im forever gtetting lost or panicy over this, and it limits where I go if I dont have a lift. medical professionals that know what dyspraxia is would help, I hate educating supposedly educated individuals.
I'm OK at the moment and cant think of anything i need right now that i dont already have. (living at home helps heaps). a travel allowance would be nice but i dont have the guts to try and apply for one. I have a disabled parking permit + the issues that comes with it...... (feeling anxious if people i know see me and what they think... and worrying that people think im... you now.... )
quite frankly sometimes i just don't have the energy to ask for assistance. If it envolves trying to justify to random strangers thta my disability really is a DISABILITY,-well im just too tired of playing that game. its why i like this board... for a few minutes any day i want i can come here and feel that what i have is REAL and i am NOT CRAZY. I can discuss my issues without trying to justify them. its a huge relief.
I’m a member of CP organisation that is able to provide assistance for stuff… not sure if I will ever have the guts to ask for help if I ever need it. is there a dyspraxia equivalent of something like this?
ps. Dan, what do you think would help you? you asked the question but didn’t add an opinion.
quite frankly sometimes i just don't have the energy to ask for assistance. If it envolves trying to justify to random strangers thta my disability really is a DISABILITY,-well im just too tired of playing that game. its why i like this board... for a few minutes any day i want i can come here and feel that what i have is REAL and i am NOT CRAZY. I can discuss my issues without trying to justify them. its a huge relief.
I’m a member of CP organisation that is able to provide assistance for stuff… not sure if I will ever have the guts to ask for help if I ever need it. is there a dyspraxia equivalent of something like this?
ps. Dan, what do you think would help you? you asked the question but didn’t add an opinion.
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
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How about a caffeine allowance for the days when we just can't wake up?! I've been living off Pepsi n coffee lately! Or a sedative allowance for when we can't sleep, but the doctor can provide them anyway so I'll just go with a caffeine allowance! 
I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never ever gonna keep me down 
how about someone that makes the coffee for when you wake up, and it is still hot whenever you decide to wake up!!
Mike
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I think ease of assessments would help us then look forward to understanding our weaknesses and arranging appropriate provision.jme wrote:ps. Dan, what do you think would help you? you asked the question but didn’t add an opinion.
Access to the workplace seems to be a biggie too. From Janet's research a few months back it's clear that many dyspraxics are underachieving or unemployed when they often have the intellect for great things but are let down by inflexible workplaces, and a lack of career advice as to what would be suitable avenues of employment. Instead there's lots of hit and miss until eventually we hopefully find something that suits. Hardly ideal.
Dan.
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But I think that cheaper public transport would be the big one for me. Definately. Or at least a subsidised bus/rail scheme that covers everyone unable to drive for whatever reason...
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Fitness videos where the demonstrators stand facing the same way as you to minimise left/right confusion, and don't make you do routines or sequences
Bottles that allow only a certain, steady amount of fluid through so I can't choke myself each time I try to drink, or spill them everywhere
Bottle caps padded with something soft but grippable so I don't have to ask other people to open them for me. Or technology to replace caps altogether
The return of velcro as a feasible fashion statement
Social acceptance of baldness in females so I can shave my head and not be expected to do something with the mass of sheeps' wool that seems to grow out of it
A return of classical music to popular culture, so I can enjoy music with friends without having to dance
Bottles that allow only a certain, steady amount of fluid through so I can't choke myself each time I try to drink, or spill them everywhere
Bottle caps padded with something soft but grippable so I don't have to ask other people to open them for me. Or technology to replace caps altogether
The return of velcro as a feasible fashion statement
Social acceptance of baldness in females so I can shave my head and not be expected to do something with the mass of sheeps' wool that seems to grow out of it
A return of classical music to popular culture, so I can enjoy music with friends without having to dance
society accepting that we are not stupid would be the biggest help.
after that, sat nav fitted to all cars, good cheap access to driving instrutors with special training(i was lucky to find a good one but it cost be lots although i can only drive an automatic best thing out)
kitchen aids, like kettles that don't spill hot water everywhere or failing that a mat to soak it all up
knifes which only cut food not fingers
plasters which are easier to open
after that, sat nav fitted to all cars, good cheap access to driving instrutors with special training(i was lucky to find a good one but it cost be lots although i can only drive an automatic best thing out)
kitchen aids, like kettles that don't spill hot water everywhere or failing that a mat to soak it all up
knifes which only cut food not fingers
plasters which are easier to open