Re: dyspraxia and AS

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Janet, I am dyspraxic, also left handed and have a heart murmur! Also got to be 43 before I realized the dyspraxia part. I hope my niece will get a Dx of something earlier, she is 9 and I think shows some AS traits, but is also very much like how I was as a kid; clumsy and just not interested in stuff that's hard for her to do. No probs with the things she's good at, apart from perfectionism, LOL. She will be moving from the Middle East to New Sealand in the next few years and perhaps will get help /a diagnosis there. If her Dad will let her...Helena Re: Sex

Helena, I would drive you if I could and we would have fun! I found the dispraxia site interesting. I think maybe my younger sister might have had some tendencies toward that. She was terribly clumsy , awkward and shy. Not stupid, but SLOW in a physical sense. She was also left-handed and had a heart murmur so we were always careful around her.. as her older sister, I was her protector but when she went to school, it was really hard for her. How good it would have been for her to be asssessed and treated if she did have this... I am sure her life woul dhave been different... jkz 50 years too late for my lil' sis. Janet Zee said: I have just learned not to depend on him for ANYTHING. I have become very confidant and competent at many things because I have to do it

myself. So in a way he has done me a big favor although it has NOT been easy. What's with all the CAPITAL LETTERS? Helena:Yes, me too. I have had to learn to do stuff alone or with other friends, and like it. Another group I am in seems concerned about my lack of personal support. That's partly why I returned to this forum. Asperger's and laser eye surgery are not really hot topics amongst my NT friends!As my father was never there, being mainly in Mexico, and my mother had her hands full with six of us children, I learned early on to get by by myself. I don't think one ever forgets that, if earned early. So maybe my absent father also did me a favour?The only thing I have not been able to do is drive, because of my dyspraxia.That has been an issue between my partner and I. I spent literally thousands of pounds on lessons because my

partner didn't want to drive me places , and I did not know about the dyspraxia. Now we've agreed that I'll take the bus most places: I always did before he moved in! He just got to thinking he "had to" give me a lift whether I'd asked for it or not, and that made him resentful, and me annoyed because, LOL, it was actually more complicated liasing times with him than catching the bus, even though the bus station is two miles away!Helena43, F, NSEnglandNever miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage

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Wow... my sis was always painfully thin, pigeon-toed and knock kneed past the point of baby hood when most of us lose these traits.  I hope your neice can get some good help... jkzJanet, I am dyspraxic, also left handed and have a heart murmur!  Also got to be 43 before I realized the  dyspraxia part. I hope my niece will get a Dx of something earlier, she is 9 and I think shows some AS traits, but is also very much like how I was as a kid; clumsy and just not interested in stuff that's hard for her to do. No probs with the things she's good at, apart from perfectionism, LOL. She will be moving from the Middle East to New Sealand in the next few years and perhaps will get help /a diagnosis there. If her Dad will let her...Helena Re: SexHelena, I would drive you if I could and we would have fun!  I found the dispraxia site interesting.  I think maybe my younger sister might have had some tendencies toward that.  She was terribly clumsy , awkward and shy.  Not stupid, but SLOW in a physical sense. She was also left-handed and had a heart murmur so we were always careful around her.. as her older sister, I was her protector but when she went to school, it was really hard for her.   How good it would have been for her to be asssessed and treated if she did have this... I am sure her life woul dhave been different... jkz 50 years too late for my lil' sis. Janet Zee said:  I have just learned not to depend on him for ANYTHING.   I have become very confidant and competent at many things because I have to do it myself. So in a way he has done me a big favor although it has NOT been easy.  What's with all the CAPITAL LETTERS?  Helena:Yes, me too. I have had to learn to do stuff alone or with other friends, and like it. Another group I am in seems concerned about my lack of personal support. That's partly why I returned to this forum. Asperger's and laser eye surgery are not really hot topics amongst my NT friends!As my father was never there, being mainly in Mexico, and my mother had her hands full with six of us children, I learned early on to get by by myself. I don't think one ever forgets that,  if earned early. So maybe my absent father also did me a favour?The only thing I have not been able to do is drive, because of my dyspraxia.That has been an issue between my partner and I. I spent literally thousands of pounds on lessons because my partner didn't want to drive me places , and I did not know about the dyspraxia. Now we've agreed that I'll take the bus most places: I always did before he moved in! He just got to thinking he "had to" give me a lift whether I'd asked for it or not, and that made him resentful, and me annoyed because, LOL,  it was actually more complicated liasing times with him than catching the bus, even though the bus station is two miles away!Helena43, F, NSEnglandNever miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.