What is Dyspraxia in Adults? | DYSPRAXIA AWARENESS WEEK 2020

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[aaronmoen]

From the Dyspraxia Subreddit.
"A list of symptoms people don’t talk about enough

- All of them
- Clumsiness
- Horrible handwriting
- Horrible memory, some have a good short term and bad long term memory and vice versa and some just have bad memory all together
- Difficultly tying laces, learning to ride a bike and anything else that has your body do complicated movements
- Tripping over words and having a hard time explaining yourself and recalling words
- Talking in circles, repeating yourself
- Talking too fast and mumbling a lot so other people can’t hear you
- Needing things explained over and over again in great detail so we can remember it
- Feeling like your head is blank
- Having a hard time knowing the tone of your voice or how loud or quiet your being
- Having an easier time talking to older people/the opposite sex
- Getting exhausted over nothing or really easily, basically chronic fatigue
- Low concentration
- Anxiety and second guessing if you’re right about something because you’re so used to feeling wrong
- Anxiety over being clumsy, making clumsiness worse sometimes
- Being really bad at multitasking
- Having a really hard time communicating things, preferring to stay in your own head
- Having an intuitive way of thinking about things and dealing with tasks
- Feeling like it’s impossible to learn new things and giving up trying easily because of it
- Being quiet because you’re afraid of being seen as stupid by people or people calling you smart a lot because you spend a lot of time in your head and actually have a big vocabulary/info about things you just don’t get to show it off a lot
- Having a high level of empathy because of your experiences
- Extreme fidgetiness, constantly tapping stuff
- Bad self care, forgetting to shower or wash yourself, forgetting to brush teeth
- Bad spatial awareness, having a hard time keeping track of people walking next to you or bumping into them
- Your eye-hand coordination is really bad, catching things is really difficult
- Preferring creative or low energy hobbies because of their physical setbacks
- Feeling like you have to work twice as hard as everybody else
- Feeling or being labelled lazy because of how exhausted you get
- Can be especially self conscious and anxious and feel misunderstood because the way your body is so out of sync from your mind makes you be treated differently by people and judged on a surface level
- Hard time filtering things
- Can ramble and talk a lot"

[tiernm]

Wow just had a lightbulb moment.... I always have found it difficult to explain to people (especially my friends) that I can be really socially awkward due to my dyspraxia and they will always say "what are you talking about I've never thought that" or something along those lines. And it's true that when I'm having dinner with a close group of friends or working with my small team at work that I seem confident and can be quite witty and even occasionally comedic in conversations with them. However in large group settings, loud public places or when there is some other distraction around me I really struggle. Often I just shut down and don't talk much and I always feel like I must come off as rude or those who know me must think I'm just having a bad day. Thank you now I can explain this better to my friends and colleagues and I understand myself better too!

[markt]

This is a very helpful video.

Got diagnosed as dyspraxic in 2016, after 42 years of dealing with teachers, classmates, then onto employers and colleagues who were ignorant AF.

[borninjordan]

The depressing thing about all this is that, no matter how much we try and explain the condition, some people will just never get it.

[emdarki]

I have ASD, ADHD and Dyspraxia (diagnosed yesterday with it) and I must admit, I knew nothing about Dyspraxia aside from the stereotypical clumsy stuff. This video was really insightful and I'm gonna send it t my friends and family so hopefully, they can understand me better! Thank you xx

[chrisgoodman]

I've been diagnosed with dyspraxia since I was 16, I had no idea it affects empathy and it actually makes sense a little, I've always had fluctuating intensity in how I feel empathy with sometimes constantly caring for everyone to then feeling so exhausted with it I feel I can't bother with dealing with any of it so I put on a tough exterior as if I dont care. Thank you for this information

[antferguson]

This video is so helpful. I was diagnosed at uni with dyspraxia and dyslexia when I was 22 and only now 10 years on have I really recognised it and tried to figure myself out. I was always ashamed of it but now I embrace it

[Kendosmemeshop]

I hate this because America does not pay attention to this disorder. I have struggled my entire life with this. There is no recognition for it, so there is no lightening of the workload, no employer recognition and no help whatsoever.

[carlinkag]

I sprained both my ankles on flat ground, wasn't even wearing shoes. We didn't have a wheelchair handy so I was wheeled back into the building on an office chair

[donnaparks]

Have RA & osteoarthritis. Limited vision. Because I cane shower and dress with no assistance no help with anything.

[strictnonconformist]

The funny thing to me is I was assessed in early elementary school in the mid 70s, spent several years doing speech therapy, did occupational therapy for coordination both fine and gross motor skills (as they were explained to me) and I’m quite certain if that term were used then, it’d have been on my records.

I was in special education between that and dyslexia.

As an adult, I was diagnosed unexpectedly with first, autism, and only last year, ADHD.

There’s so much overlap I’m reading between the three. All have executive functioning issues? Social issues?

I guess I’m just an anomaly! That’s not even all my neurodivergence, I have several more, wee!

Somehow I’ve managed to make an (uneven) living, in tech. Oh, yes: this dyspraxia forced me to pivot from my formal education for employment to something where coordination at an employable speed wasn’t an issue.

[PianoDisneygal]

I have dyspraxia, and while I can definitely say it never goes away, it does certainly get easier to cope with. A lot of stuff that I struggled with as a kid, I don’t so much anymore due to repetition in practice, muscle conditioning, and other such things. Also, I am rather intelligent (not bragging. This is something others have said to me), so my intelligence is used a lot to mask my struggles.

I will also say that I wish I knew how much my condition affected my social interactions as a kid. As a kid, I never even knew that that could be a thing. Luckily my social skills have improved immensely with age. But it still would’ve been nice to know that dyspraxia could affect my social skills years ago.

[crazycat]

I'm 34 and I just had a dyspraxia assessment last week. Awaiting a formal diagnosis but the assessor said he does believe I meet the criteria for a formal diagnosis, just waiting for a final report. I asked my GP to refer me for an assessment (UK) but they wouldn't because apparently "there's no point in diagnosing adults"🤔. So I ended up paying privately for an assessment. I've recently been diagnosed with autism so I'm on a bit of a journey of self discovery right now. So pleased I've realised there is an actual reason why I have certain issues. For me the main struggles are very much "clumsiness " and a poor sense of direction. With an autism diagnosis as well there are a lot of cross overs so I'm not really sure how it affects me socially and in processing information. Thank you for validating that adults still struggle with it, it's not just children!

[marioantoniocrespoMexican]

Thank you for the video. I have ADHD & dyspraxia. This video was very helpful dyspraxia needs to get more attention in the mainstream media

[gloriablair]

Thank you precious Krystal I hate hearing that it is a clumsy disease it is way more. Ive never been diagnosed but I'm now 74 and couldn't care less. I'm blessed with knowing I've. been chosen by God to be His child at a very early age. All my life I've been treated indifferent except by my precious husband and children.I also want you to know your beautiful.

[SamK]

What has recently been going on in the Dyspraxia community. I hope things improve. Personally I'd like to have another chance to try and connect with people. I just (like other Dyspraxic people) find it difficult to communicate at times. And sometimes, there are people I want to understand quickly if we aren't going to get along

[Laurie-annGauvreau]

I remember havin a heck of a time learning to ride my bike, also shoe laces. And I'm told I was slow to walk, I'd scoot around on my tush. Also had a heck of a time learning to tell time. My mom would draw clocks and try and explain the hands to me.

[kurtcobane]

I'm dyspraxic and I thought the socialization problems was me being a weirdo no one liked, I've told friends I have dyspraxia and they just accused me of making excuses and if I've overshared they'll basically say shut up no one cares I really just want to be able to socialize like everyone else hopefully sending this to them can help them understand and be a bit more patient and understanding

[MrUks]

lol, my ankle joints can bend in all directions. I didn't know that has to do with dispraxia, but it did save my life many times. Thx to it, every time I fell from the stairs, I've always been fine because if I would have landed with my foot bend 90° left, I would limp for a few minutes and then be fine again. So in a sense I fall like a cat, just sometimes the feet aren't in an anatomically correct position :D.
Oh... and I've gotten lockjaw a million times as a kid because I can dislocate my jaw, just don't do it because it is a very painful thing to do.

And to all without dispraxia: yes that happened a lot. So much that I've gotten a reflex of sensing when other people are about to fall. People at work still recount the tale of me saving a technician's life because in a split second, I blocked him from falling from a ladder with his neck to a metal table. Hand hurt like hell from that movement tho :p

[barrybastable]

I’m currently on a csi course in the uk and I have dyspraxia and I’m dyslexic. The course I’m on is 6 weeks with a lot to learn, I’m really struggling and feel stupid 😢. I don’t know how to manage people.