Don't know if this is the right place, is there any adults here with dyspraxia?

[lunavix]

My uni put me forward to see an educational psychologist, who confirmed I am dyspraxic.

I was quite light hearted about going, mostly as I didn't believe I had it, but the appointment has left me confused and upset.

Three hours of testing, and I was told I was an unusally complex adult. I have a reasonably high iq, but apparently very slow processing speed (she KEPT on emphasising it, slow, slow, slow) and my charts for results were to the extreme, half were very high and scored well, half were appalling and scored awfully.

I've been a bit shell shocked since, and I don't know why. I feel incredibly stupid, the test itself made me feel stupid too, and the fact I kept being told I was slow really didn't help.

Then afterwards my bf asked if I should actually be doing my uni course to train for my career as I might be 'too slow' to be good at it.

Oh, poor you - the ed psych doesn't have much "bedside manner,"

It doesn't sound like he/she explained your scores very clearly - do you have a copy of it, and could you go back /ring to question further?

Why did the uni refer you in the first place - your request or their concerns?

She's sending a report.

It was a bit of both. A friend flagged up some problems, and when I brought it up with tutor I was referred.

A childhood friend who is dyslexic, dyspraxic and epileptic -- studied and kept applying for years and finally got accepted into veterinary school at age 29. She's now passed her basic qualifications and last I heard, was looking for work placement (I guess vets do some kind of internship for several years?).

I don't think anything is harder than vet school, you can do your course, lunavix, if you want to, don't let the label put you off. In fact, having the diagnosis Cass found useful for getting funding for specialist support (as a disabled student).

lunavix, you have dyspraxia... you are NOT stupid. just cos you have a slow processing speed does not mean you can't process at all!

my brother is dyspraxic. he was rubbish in school, but went onto college, got lots of qualifications, trained in what he wanted to do and now earns a very good wage doing something he loves. it has not held him back one single little bit.

and I agree that you may now be able to access support for anything you may have been struggling with before. for example my brother has poor motor skills and weas able to use a laptop throughout college so that he didn't have to write stuff.
things like that, might help make your life a bit easier

I know the support will be good, I can't explain it. I think it's one thing to joke that you aren't good at something, and another completely to be told that you're rubbish at it.

I think my dh has dyspraxia, although this hasn't been diagnosed. Our ds1 has been diagnosed with dyspraxia and he had similar results to you when tested - either extremely high or very low.

My dh is a very successful (although extremely disorganised) solicitor!