Three myths about how neurodivergent people learn.

1: "They just need to try harder."

2: "Accessibility settings fix it."

3: "It is one condition at a time."

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Recently learned about another little buddy of #autism and #adhd: #dyspraxia

For some, it made you the most hated person in PE, because any sport where a team depended on your coordination was a nightmare. I was mediocre at sports, but not horrible. I could run without falling. Mostly.

For some, like me, it means dropping and fumbling things all the time. Missing the light switch. Trouble typing and writing.

I should make a bingo card for this shit.

So sometimes, I doubt I have dyspraxia because I've had new labels since which explain a lot of the other weirdness. In addition, I try to live a life that works around it.

This has been massively disproven by a mere few hours in a car with dual controls. I have been told today I need to "take pills" or "weed" to relax (the latter I hope was jokingly, as it's as bad as drink driving!). The instructor is misreading me controlling my body in its own weird way as nerves and clumsiness. I explain, he does not understand. So I probably need to fess up and stop using euphemisms.

I did initially just explain it as "I'm slow learning physical movements" and "I'm clumsy" and "my brain knows things but it is bad at making my body do things" but it's really hard getting him to understand that this will just be different for me, this is not psychologically caused, and I have the money to keep going, and we can check in over time to see if this is even possible.

On that note, if anyone has resources in Portuguese about dyspraxia, maybe even as it pertains to driving, would be amazing. I've drafted some notes to go to the school already. It seems my verbal explanations are not enough.

#dyspraxia #driving