Dyspraxia and sense of direction

Sense of direction is something which I lack! Whilst some non-dyspraxic people aren’t great with directions, not everyone is, dyspraxia can affect our sense of direction to a bigger extent. This is due to the way it affects our information processing and ability to visualise, which I’ll go into more detail about in this post. Not every dyspraxic will struggle with their sense of direction but a large percentage of us do.

Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2020

This past week (4th – 10th) October has been Dyspraxia Awareness Week! For this year’s awareness week, each day I’ve been sharing an image with a fact/some information about dyspraxia on my social media accounts. I thought I’d also share them on my blog.

Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2019 – 10 Things I Wish People Knew About Dyspraxia

So, it’s been a while! January, in fact, was the last time I blogged! It’s been a very busy year for me as I’ve been studying for my Master’s degree. Normally I get to have a break over the summer, but my dissertation was due at the end of August – so not this time! A week after submitting my dissertation, I started my new job as a Learning Support Assistant. So now I’m getting used to the routine of that, I’m hoping to start blogging more regularly again. I have missed blogging!

What better timing to get back into blogging than now, with it being Dyspraxia Awareness Week this week? The focus of this year’s awareness week is adults. So, as an adult who has dyspraxia – I thought I would write a blog on 10 things I wish people knew about dyspraxia. Generally, I have found that as I’ve got older I have been surrounded by more understanding people – so some of these things are based more on past experiences. Other things come from knowing others with dyspraxia and the experiences they’ve had. Nonetheless, they are still things that I feel are important for people to know about dyspraxia.

Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2016 – A Computer Analogy of Dyspraxia

A few weeks ago my Dad came up with an interesting way of describing how my brain works. He said it’s a bit like my brain has to be programmed to do certain things and it has to be practiced again and again for it to sink in, but once it does sink in I can do it. However, if part of the situation changes my brain has to be reprogrammed again. I also seem to say certain things in the same way every time, it’s as though my brain is reducing the amount it has to think about at once by having certain areas which have certain ways of thinking.