| Susy's story I was the youngest of four children. Mum noticed that I was 'different' to my brother and sisters. Even at a young age, my co-ordination wasn't as it should be, but DYSPRAXIA , wasn't something that I heard of at the time. Mum spent years and years taking me backwards and forwards to the doctors, trying to find out what was wrong. No-one really believed there was anything wrong,only mum. I couldn't stand up if I was sat on the floor. I would open a door and walk straight into it, go to walk round a table and walk into it. I had that many bruises, if it was happening now, social services would have been involved! It was only in the last year of junior school that the doctor diagnosed CLUMSY CHILD SYNDROME, it was too late for any medical intervention. Lucy for me mum had spent hours and hours, with building bricks and toddlers games, trying to get my hand eye co-ordination better. I had a terrible temper, most of it was due to the fact I couldn't do things I asked my body to do. I don't remember much hassle going through school, because nothing much was known about the condition, I just got on with life. The things I did were just 'me'. I did learn to ride a bike when I was younger, but I recently tried to ride one again and couldn't. I do remember once, dad taking us ice skating and I spent most of the time on the floor, while my sister, just skated away without any problems. When I left school, I did a YTS course and learned to touch type, something I could not do in school. I left home, got a job at a Data Input company, the work I did was copying from paper into the computer. You needed speed and acuracy, as the pay was 'piece work'. I then got maried and moved towns. I then got a temp job at Barclaycard, and then had a permenant position there. I worked for five years on credit control. Still the things I did, I put down to being 'me'. I learned to drive and past my driving test first time. I left work when my eldest daughter was born (Sarah, she's now 5) and that is when I started to think about Dyspraxia. Had I passed it on to her? Had anything else related to dyspraxia being passed on? I remember asking mum, did I do this or that? Sarah could climb for England, something I never could have done. It is only since I have had the computer that I looked into dyspraxia more, and found out the things I had done to being 'me' are in fact part of being dyspraxic. Not that, that makes really makes any difference, to me being dyspraxic. Not that that makes any difference to me being dyspraxic as it isn't a disability.I've grown up with it and just accept it. There are certain things I know I can do well, and things I know that need a lot of concentration, so try to avoid. If someone was to ask me about it, I would tell them all I know, but I don't really offer the information in the first place. Not because I'm ashamed of it, but it really doesn't feature in my life as such. One really good thing about it though, by being on the websites, I have madesome really good friends. So I suppose Dyspraxia does have its uses. LOL Susy married to Simon Mother to Sarah (5) and Emma (2 1/2) |