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Do people know what it is, and does anyone have the disorder?
Just wondering about it.

*sigh*

*walks off, dysgraphic and dejected*

Yes, I'm sure at least one person has it, or they wouldn't bother naming it, due to a lack of it existing :p

Incidentally -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspraxia

Tada!

Yes, I'm sure at least one person has it, or they wouldn't bother naming it, due to a lack of it existing :p

Incidentally -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspraxia

Tada!
Based on that wikipidia entry it sounds a lot like I have the disorder, but I won’t put much stock in that. Sounds like just another “dork-excuse” like Asperger's.

*coughs*

Don't know that anyone with Asperger's would agree with you.
People like their excuses.

Based on that wikipidia entry it sounds a lot like I have the disorder, but I won’t put much stock in that. Sounds like just another “dork-excuse” like Asperger's.
*coughs*

Don't know that anyone with Asperger's would agree with you.

yup i know it and hav,e so mix that with bad schooling ,i'm shit for a office job

Based on that wikipidia entry it sounds a lot like I have the disorder, but I won’t put much stock in that. Sounds like just another “dork-excuse” like Asperger's.

...Are you some sort of Scientologist?

Sounds like just another “dork-excuse” like Asperger's.
:rolleyes:

Don't knock it till you've tried it.

Based on that wikipidia entry it sounds a lot like I have the disorder, but I won’t put much stock in that. Sounds like just another “dork-excuse” like Asperger's.Pfft... whatever, I suppose you'll be suggesting that no mental disorders exist at all or that nothing can possibly go wrong with the nervous system - ever.

Do people know what it is, and does anyone have the disorder?

If that's the one where you black out and kill hookers then eat their skin, then yes .... yes I do have it ...

*reads wiki article*

Oh .... uhhh ... no .... carry on.

Yeah. My cousin has it, and I genuinely feel for him, poor chap. Dyslexic and Dyspraxic.

Yes, I have dyspraxia, and its a pain. I grew out of the physical coordination problems some time ago, and can now successfully catch a ball hurled at greater than snails pace without falling over and injuring myself, something that was impossible for me at school age. But whilst at University, i found other things were a problem. Time management and organisation are horrendously difficult, especially when trying to put individual tasks together. And one of the biggest problems I have is that I find it difficult to verbalise ideas, or emotions, which leads my girlfriend to think I am unemotional or just plain don't care. But it should be noted that dyspraxia covers an extremely wide range of individual conditions, resulting from damage or improper growth of various aspects of the nervous system. This makes it quite a "woolly" condition, in that in some people (like myself) it seems like we are just trying to "cop out" of things, when in actual fact we have serious problems with certain tasks. I spent 2.5 years at university thinking I didnt have a problem any more. It took just a 20 minute interview to prove me wrong. In other people, serious physical disabilities can manifest from dyspraxic conditions, and it is for these people that i have greatest feeling.

Yes I know what it is. I have been diagnosed with it, after all.

Luckily I don't have it too bad, so apart from being epically crap at any sports involving coordination (watching me attempt to play tennis, for instance, would be extremely amusing [to everyone else]). That and being overly sensitive to taste meaning nearly all food tastes horrible. And the stuff about not being able to think straight because of too many crowding thoughts. Given all this, its remarkable I have turned out to be such a socially useful and well-balanced individual :p. One who doesn't spend most of his time in his room on Internet game forums. No, really. Honest

If that's the one where you black out and kill hookers then eat their skin, then yes .... yes I do have it ...

*reads wiki article*

Oh .... uhhh ... no .... carry on.

Watch out. The skin may be the tastiest part, but it's high in fats.

I have dyspraxia, I was diagnosed when I was 8 and up until then teachers thought I was being lazy. Still on occasion people though I was using it as an excuse.

I'm 17 now and I have dealt with the physical side of it fairly well, and am developing coping stratergies for the organisational side so that it affects me less. I don't have it as bad as some people though, i can still ride a bike and swim, two things people with severe dyspraxia can't often do.

do you think i could get an extension granted on my dissertation if i got diagnosed with this thing?

i do, afterall, have awful difficulty organising and getting things done. and i am so bad at multi-tasking i can barely stay focused on doing one thing at once. plus i can't follow verbal instructions, i get confused after the first couple of points. and i'm crap at sports.

hmmm... *dials uni psychi-wotjamacallem*

Pfft... whatever, I suppose you'll be suggesting that no mental disorders exist at all or that nothing can possibly go wrong with the nervous system - ever.

Not at all. In fact, I never denied the existence of the aforementioned disorders. However, simply because one can call one's anti-social tendencies by a name and identify their cause doesn’t mean that those tendencies are any less of a problem or that the person becomes any less of a social failure.

Dyspraxia has been a pain in the arse to me all my life (I was diagnosed at 5). Although i cope perfectly well now with the physical side of things, the hypersensitivity to sound and my complete inability to write annoys me.

I've got it. Bloody annoying trying to get people to understand what you're writing down...

I've fancied myself as having almost every psychiatric disorder I've ever heard of ... my mind is rather experimental. It wants to try stuff, even bad stuff like paranoia and psychosis.

But not dsypraxia. I am lucky with co-ordination, balance, hand-eye thingy and autonomic stuff. I can write mirrorwise, upside down or any other way you asked me to do without practice. It all works great, I could probably be a professional sportsperson if I gave a damn for that.

Please don't make fun of Asphergher's Syndrome. In mild cases, the owner of the syndrome might even be proud of it, but it's very socially debilitating. It's a well-defined form of Autism.
It might be over-diagnosed, but only because it sounds better than "Autism" and it's sort of fashionable. It's more often a high-functioning form of Autism than the other varieties, but it can be very distressing for teens who just want to "fit in."

Yeah, I might have a touch of that. I'm sort of proud of it.

Based on that wikipidia entry it sounds a lot like I have the disorder, but I won’t put much stock in that. Sounds like just another “dork-excuse” like Asperger's.
Based on your comments it sounds like you don't know what you are talking, I have both (Aspergers and motor-dyspraxia) and it isnt an excuse for anything, rather it's a way of life.

Not at all. In fact, I never denied the existence of the aforementioned disorders. However, simply because one can call one's anti-social tendencies by a name and identify their cause doesn’t mean that those tendencies are any less of a problem or that the person becomes any less of a social failure.
No, but identifying the cause can lead to useful responses that facilitate improvements in the areas you refer to.

Do people know what it is, and does anyone have the disorder?
Just wondering about it.If by Dyspraxia you mean people who if you lock them in a concrete cell for 24 hours will manage to inadvertedly destroy cell, door & lock, then most of my mates thinks I have it.

I prefer to think of myself as the embodyment of the natural selection of design & implimentation. Stuff I don't trash by accident is fit.

Apparently, I do, though I always knew it as "Developmental Coordination Disorder." It's very mild for me, though, and just means I can't draw pretty pictures and write neatly like the other girls. I've also got some major coordination issues in team sports, as all my ex-P.E. teachers know.

"Originally Posted by Keruvalia
If that's the one where you black out and kill hookers then eat their skin, then yes .... yes I do have it ...

*reads wiki article*

Oh .... uhhh ... no .... carry on."

You must be talking about Robert Pickton Syndrome.

Off topic, but does anyone know/remember the name of the disability where people make obnoxious outbursts & lewd gestures?

... I always wanted to know someone with that disability.

You're probably thinking of Tourette's syndrome.

Never heard of it, looked it up, still confused by it.

You're probably thinking of Tourette's syndrome.Indeed I was. No doubt suffering from Coprolalia & the like must be pretty fucking inconvenient, but I'd love to know somebody that did. I'm quite possibly being childish as hell, but just imagine having mate that involuntarily shouts profanities every few minutes & flips people the bird.

Fucking hillarious.

I have it and its making a pain in the arse to learn how to drive.

I have it, but only mildly. I have more trouble with the coordination aspect, but that has been offset by years (now decades) of (often painful) physical training. I can now throw a ball straight, ride a bicycle, not drown in a pool, write legibly (block capitals only), pour liquids without spilling ( that took me forever to learn, and I still have to be ubercareful), and even juggle. Oddly enough, I have always been a good dancer, unless you want me to follow someone else's choregraphy, in which case, we're back to square one.

The organisational aspects I have dealt with in another manner: I have simplified my life so that I only have to deal with one thing at a time, and other people keep track of my deadlines for me.

Fortunately, it is not hereditary, as my children are fully capable of doing half the things above and they are not even old enough to go to school yet. That, for me, is a gift from god.

I have it and Dyslexia , dysgraphia and Dysphasia