On 30 Jul, 19:15, Mike 
wrote:
> scof...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> > On 28 Jul, 13:40, Mike 
> > wrote:
> >> scof...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >>> On 28 Jul, 13:55, scof...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >>>> People who have dyspraxia often find the routine tasks of daily life
> >>>> such as driving, household chores, cooking and grooming difficult.
> >>>> They can also find coping at work is hard. People with dyspraxia
> >>>> usually have a combination of problems, including:
> >>>> Gross motor co-ordination skills (large movements):
> >>>>     * Poor balance. Difficulty in riding a bicycle, going up and down
> >>>> hills
> >>>>     * Poor posture and fatigue. Difficulty in standing for a long time
> >>>> as a result of weak muscle tone. Floppy, unstable round the joints.
> >>>> Some people with dyspraxia may have flat feet
> >>>>     * Poor integration of the two sides of the body. Difficulty with
> >>>> some sports involving jumping and cycling
> >>>>     * Poor hand-eye co-ordination. Difficulty with team sports
> >>>> especially those which involve catching a ball and batting.
> >>>> Difficulties with driving a car
> >>>>     * Lack of rhythm when dancing, doing aerobics
> >>>>     * Clumsy gait and movement. Difficulty changing direction,
> >>>> stopping and starting actions
> >>>>     * Exaggerated 'accessory movements' such as flapping arms when
> >>>> running
> >>>>     * Tendency to fall, trip, bump into things and people
> >>>> Fine motor co-ordination skills (small movements):
> >>>>     * Lack of manual dexterity. Poor at two-handed tasks, causing
> >>>> problems with using cutlery, cleaning, cooking, ironing, craft work,
> >>>> playing musical instruments
> >>>>     * Poor manipulative skills. Difficulty with typing, handwriting
> >>>> and drawing. May have a poor pen grip, p
> >>>> ress too hard when writing and have difficulty when writing along a
> >>>> line
> >>>>     * Inadequate grasp. Difficulty using tools and domestic
> >>>> implements, locks and keys
> >>>>     * Difficulty with dressing and grooming activities, such as
> >>>> putting on makeup, shaving, doing hair, fastening clothes and tying
> >>>> shoelaces
> >>>> Poorly established hand dominance:
> >>>>     * May use either hand for different tasks at different times
> >>>> Speech and language:
> >>>>     * May talk continuously and repeat themselves. Some people with
> >>>> dyspraxia have difficulty with organising the content and sequence of
> >>>> their language
> >>>>     * May have unclear speech and be unable to pronounce some words
> >>>>     * Speech may have uncontrolled pitch, volume and rate
> >>>> Eye movements:
> >>>>     * Tracking. Difficulty in following a moving object smoothly with
> >>>> eyes without moving head excessively. Tendency to lose the place while
> >>>> reading
> >>>>     * Poor relocating. Cannot look quickly and effectively from one
> >>>> object to another (for example, looking from a TV to a magazine)
> >>>> Perception (interpretation of the different senses):
> >>>>     * Poor visual perception
> >>>>     * Over-sensitive to light
> >>>>     * Difficulty in distinguishing sounds from background noise.
> >>>> Tendency to be over-sensitive to noise
> >>>>     * Over- or under-sensitive to touch. Can result in dislike of
> >>>> being touched and/or aversion to over-loose or tight clothing -
> >>>> tactile defensiveness
> >>>>     * Over- or under-sensitive to smell and taste, temperature and
> >>>> pain
> >>>>     * Lack of awareness of body position in space and spatial
> >>>> relationships. Can result in bumping into and tripping over things and
> >>>> people, dropping and spilling things
> >>>>     * Little sense of time, speed, distance or weight. Leading to
> >>>> difficulties driving, cooking
> >>>>     * Inadequate sense of direction. Difficulty distinguishing right
> >>>> from left means map reading skills are poor
> >>>> Learning, thought and memory:
> >>>>     * Difficulty in planning and organising thought
> >>>>     * Poor memory, especially short-term memory. May forget and lose
> >>>> things
> >>>>     * Unfocused and erratic. Can be messy and cluttered
> >>>>     * Poor sequencing causes problems with maths, reading and spelling
> >>>> and writing reports at work
> >>>>     * Accuracy problems. Difficulty with copying sounds, writing> >>>> movements, proofreading
> >>>>     * Difficulty in following instructions, especially more than one
> >>>> at a time
> >>>>     * Difficulty with concentration. May be easily distracted
> >>>>     * May do only one thing at a time properly, though may try to do
> >>>> many things at once
> >>>>     * Slow to finish a task. May daydream and wander about aimlessly
> >>>> Emotion and behaviour:
> >>>>     * Difficulty in listening to people, especially in large groups.
> >>>> Can be tactless, interrupt frequently. Problems with team work
> >>>>     * Difficulty in picking up non-verbal signals or in judging tone
> >>>> or pitch of voice in themselves and or others. Tendency to take things
> >>>> literally. May listen but not understand
> >>>>     * Slow to adapt to new or unpredictable situations. Sometimes
> >>>> avoids them altogether
> >>>>     * Impulsive. Tendency to be easily frustrated, wanting immediate
> >>>> gratification
> >>>>     * Tendency to be erratic ñ have 'good and bad days'
> >>>>     * Tendency to opt out of things that are too difficult
> >>>> Emotions as a result of difficulties experienced:
> >>>>     * Tend to get stressed, depressed and anxious easily
> >>>>     * May have difficulty sleeping
> >>>>     * Prone to low self-esteem, emotional outbursts, phobias, fears,
> >>>> obsessions, compulsions and addictive behaviour
> >>>> Many of these characteristics are not unique to people with dyspraxia
> >>>> and not even the most severe case will have all the above
> >>>> characteristics. But adults with dyspraxia will tend to have more than
> >>>> their fair share of co-ordination and perceptual difficulties.
> >>> I suspect the clue lies in the 'turd' somehow.
> >> Good job my skins a little thicker than your else I might cry ...
>
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> > Personally, I am not ashamed to be sensitive and thin skinned.  I also
> > admit to crying quite easily. Again I see nothing wrong in it . Crying
> > is good emotional release .  It a sign of being connected to ones
> > emotions.
>
> > Women are often sensitive and thin skinned. I could be wrong but I
> > don’t think you would have made a similar comment in replying to a
> > women.
>
> > If  you came home one day and found your wife in tears I would imagine
> > your first response would be to comfort her and then try and find out
> > what was wrong.
>
> > Personally, from what I have seen, I think many men put on a macho
> > front to hide what they feel inside. They are scared to show their
> > real emotions because they have been brought up to believe that it is
> > sissy. In fact of course the opposite is true.
>
> > I  think, that most people would agree that one should show a little
> > sensitivity in these matters
>
> There's a difference between being in touch with your emotions and
> letting some anonymous and insensitive ng poster get to you, and if they
> do I would suggest steering clear of usenet or buying kleenex in bulk.
>
> Mike
>
> NB these are my own opinions and not those of the DWP.  The DWP does not
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The DWP provides rather rough toilet paper for its staff all so I
hear.