FalsettoTesla wrote:
Dyspraxic here. People do seem to just treat it as a 'loljokes' learning difficulty.
It's not. My find motor control is so bad I can't write, tie my shoe-laces, brush my hair. My gross motor control is pretty shoddy as well, walking is perilous. People like to laugh when other people fall over, which annoys and frustrates me.
I didn't learn how to tie my shoe laces properly until I was 16ish, I just disguised the problem really well growing up. I still have bad fine motor skills. My penmanship is really messy. Also, I can't swim, ride a bike or skate.
Same here except I didn't disguise the problem well & I learned to tie my shoes around 6th grade. I adapted by avoiding things that require fine motor-skills. I wear shoes with velcro instead of laces, I fill out forums online or get my parents to it it for me when online isn't an option. My parents believe I'm lazy & that I do not want to be independent & that I would get better if I tried to do things more but that is NOT the case for me. Trying to do things with fine motor-skills frustrates me after a bit because of how complicated it is for me & being frustrated makes it aLOT harder for me to do them.
11 May 2012, 8:45 pm
