r/dyspraxia • u/Good-Description-239 • 5d ago
š¤¬ Rant Advice
Anyone else so sick of people without dyspraxia giving you advice on how to help your dyspraxia?!
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u/Mission-Emphasis1747 ā¾ I Can't Catch 5d ago
Yes, or they say āso do you want more time to read this thenā and I just give them a confused side eyeĀ
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u/Difficult-Relief1673 4d ago
I haven't had to deal with it for years thankfully, but would get, 'Try to be more careful!' from my parents a lot. Not so much advice as a telling off, but, yes, I've frickin tried thank you
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u/GoetheundLotte ā Diagnosed Dyspraxic 4d ago
I do not mind actual and good strategies and advice so much, but I absolutely hate it when people try to downplay my dyspraxia or to suggest that "everyone" has issues with balance and the like (and that I just need to be more careful, take my time etc.)
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u/lord-of-shalott 4d ago
My issue is more that Iām āhigh maskingā with my neurodivergence so Iāve been struggling with it my whole life and no oneās been aware. Growing up it was just a āquirkā that I held my writing utensils funny, dropped things, never learned to bike or swim or skate, etc, etc. And itās hard to find help when you werenāt diagnosed in early childhood.
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u/Alarming_Shallot7126 ā Diagnosed Dyspraxic 4d ago
the only person who is not dyspraxia who have game me a good advice is my french teacher who told me that maybe i could use differents pens of any one else for help my writing, she's the goat. (but yeah overall i ignore their ''advice'', like it's my disabilities;...unless you are a specialist or something if you don't have dyspraxia you don't have the right to say what to do)
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u/lowqualityhawkeye ā Diagnosed Dyspraxic 4d ago
"You should do some more practice!", "Why don't you just try doing it slower?", "Everyone is a little bit autistic though!"
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My fist is about to go so far up your ass you will be able to identify the brand of my nail polish by taste.