Mental (Neuro) Difficulties

this blog post is going to try and go more into depth about some of the more mental or neurological (Hidden, cant quite think if the correct word to use) aspects of dyspraxia. first through i am going to start off by saying that Dyspraxia as a whole is a neurological disorder which means that all of the difficulties associated with dyspraxia are mental (neuro) difficulties but in this post im going to focus on things such as planning, perception, organisation, thought and memory.

for those who already know a little bit about dyspraxia it is well known that we often think in different ways than others such as often finding alternative solutions which can lead to being suited to design or innovative careers and we may have different ways of explaining things as well which can lead to some 'problems' in that other people are unable to follow our explanation of things sometimes.
moving onto memory for a lot of people with dyspraxia we have quite poor short term memory that could be forgetting things that happened in that day/week and for many people that could cause problems such as forgetting to do something for work or school forgetting what homework you've got or when it is due.
perception can be linked to both the thought difficulties and the more physical difficulty if spatial awareness such as our perception of the area around us and judging distances but in less of a physical manner perceiving someone attitude or the way in which someone says something too you for example judging whether someone is making a joke or is being sarcastic
for planning and organisation they are very similar in that keeping organised can be hard for people who have dyspraxia and sticking to a regular plan and routine can often help even though it may sometimes be hard to stick to that routine however that may just take time or trying different routines until you find one that works from my experience keeping it simple may be the best way as at uni i used to use Sunday as the day of the week i did all of my cleaning like washing up or doing the laundry.
im also going to quickly mention timekeeping as a part of organisation as a lot of dyspraxic people seem to struggle with their timekeeping often being late as some research from the dyspraxia foundation has shown i believe from the 2014 awareness week over 50% of teenagers had been late to school however for me lateness is very rarely a problem almost never but i am quite often extremely early for things as that gives me some extra time if something goes wrong.

to finish this post im just going to say that you just need to find what works for you and dont panic or worry if something doesnt work.