Comments on: LD3 – Dyspraxia http://ponnvandu.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/dyspraxia/ Live to Serve : Serve to Live Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ponnvandu http://ponnvandu.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/dyspraxia/#comment-451 ponnvandu Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:04:56 +0000 http://ponnvandu.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/dyspraxia/#comment-451 I agree, planetcooper, and you will be surprised to know how often one sees the developmentally challenged (especially when their IQ is better than average)child clown around and get folks laughing. It's a great way to distract people. The other point that you bring up is also so true, that labels are very often misleading. No one is ever "typically" this or that. The typical example in fact rarely exists... I agree, planetcooper, and you will be surprised to know how often one sees the developmentally challenged (especially when their IQ is better than average)child clown around and get folks laughing. It’s a great way to distract people.

The other point that you bring up is also so true, that labels are very often misleading. No one is ever “typically” this or that. The typical example in fact rarely exists…

]]> By: planetcooper http://ponnvandu.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/dyspraxia/#comment-448 planetcooper Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:03:47 +0000 http://ponnvandu.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/dyspraxia/#comment-448 It's so difficult to get recognised. As an adult I have come to know that I suffer from dyspraxia and it's clear to me now that there are often families of us. my two sons are dyslexic and the second one is like me aswell. He's unlucky, can't figure out how to write a word and completely dissorganised. Lucky for me I am academic. Growing up though, my family made a joke of my lack of co-ordination and so I joined in, making people laugh about the things I did. I recently took a counselling course at uni and realised i don't want to laugh at myself. i went for a test for dyslexia and they found that I was 'not dyslexic I just don't want to take responsibility for my actions' (at 50). When I wrote a long essay, i could manage but it became too unwieldy in my head. As it was about myself I included that I have always had difficulty organising, and it came back with the comment that I was afraid of my own power and I could have rewritten it. But that's just the point for me, rewriting never makes it any better. So no recognition there and the spell check doesn't know the word either. It’s so difficult to get recognised. As an adult I have come to know that I suffer from dyspraxia and it’s clear to me now that there are often families of us. my two sons are dyslexic and the second one is like me aswell. He’s unlucky, can’t figure out how to write a word and completely dissorganised. Lucky for me I am academic. Growing up though, my family made a joke of my lack of co-ordination and so I joined in, making people laugh about the things I did. I recently took a counselling course at uni and realised i don’t want to laugh at myself. i went for a test for dyslexia and they found that I was ‘not dyslexic I just don’t want to take responsibility for my actions’ (at 50). When I wrote a long essay, i could manage but it became too unwieldy in my head. As it was about myself I included that I have always had difficulty organising, and it came back with the comment that I was afraid of my own power and I could have rewritten it. But that’s just the point for me, rewriting never makes it any better. So no recognition there and the spell check doesn’t know the word either.

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