dyspraxia?

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I haven't been tested for it, so I can't say for sure. However, I was always the last person to be picked when a physical education was dividing itself into teams for playing some game. Also, I discontinued Phys. Ed. at the first opportunity in senior high. I wonder if there is such a thing as sub-clinical dyspraxia....

Hi Clare Louise!

Well, despite my horror story I would reccomend telling your teachers.....some of mine were actualy quite understanding, let me submit work typed on a pc ect.....

I'm actualy taking a little break from my degree at the moment, I was studying part-time from home so I can start again any time I like.....but I was beggining to find it a frustrating process, large parts of it bored me to tears! So I'm just working at the moment, and looking to do some volontary work to gain experience to get a better job...

But anyway, I wanted to post this article from The Guardian (british newspaper) by a women with dyspraxia.......the article itself is so so, but I think the comments are very revealing.....both about how many people there out there struggling to find work because of Dyspraxia/other nerological conditions, and about the depth of ignorance most people have about these conditions.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... raxic-jobs

Hi oli234,

Sorry in the late reply - I go in and out of wp obsessions

It's the NZ school holidays, but at the start of next year, I've finally decided to go to the GATE teacher. She should be more useful than the disability co-ordinator at my school. She knows I have dyspraxia, but does nothing about it - she treats me like a hypochondriac.

I read the Guardian article comments. They were quite ironic. Clear evidence of the depth of ignorance of most people...
Thanks for posting the article.

I had hoped a psychology degree might be exciting - but apparently not. I'm really interested in sociology.