Dyspraxia and social skills/adult independence/life skills-how has it affected you?

The short version is that its utterly screwed over my short-term memory, time management and organizational skills, as well as my gross motor abilities- much like you, I have yet to start driving (I am 20 in a few months). I am very, I suppose you might say scatterbrained; I have a very hard time remembering what needs to be done which is both why I only got Ds at a-level despite being classed as "highly intellectually gifted", why I lost my last job, why I'm always late for everything and quite frankly why I never seem to have any clean shirts since I inevitably forgot to do laundry again.

However, I'm a decent cook and have good social skills- the latter being the main reason I think I've been okay thus far, since whilst I am a huge ditz I can get by pretty okay on charisma and people liking me enough to want to help me, not that I'm particularly happy about that sort of dependence but I suppose it is what it is. I also have a stutter and tend to slur my words slightly since its hard for me to properly control my speech, and I'm terrible at maths due to sequencing issues.

Personally, I don't necessarily try to "overcome" being dyspraxic so much as try to work with it. Once more, it is what it is. Sometimes I fight with my demons, but mostly we just snuggle. And other such cliches. I also run a blog on tumblr giving advice on living with dyspraxia, which I would link to if I was more certain of TSR's policies on blatant self-advertisement, which I am not.

to do lists put where you can't miss them are your friend

or better still, your phone. But mine has a habit of having the same reminder for days after the date the reminder was set.

Hello, I am 22 and severely Dyspraxic in the 1st percentile. It has knocked my confidence for many years in particular doing things like a job on my own, being home alone, cooking and driving which I haven't started doing yet. I've also had social anxiety outside of my family and close friends, in particular with women my age. The way I presented myself and my history was enough for the last GP I saw to seek a referral for assessment with Asperger's.

How has your Dyspraxia affected you, and how did you begin to overcome it?

spill drinks - use straws for cold drinks, a takeaway style coffee cup for hot drinks at home, ask for a takeaway cup drinking coffee out in places that do them.

I think Starbucks do the take away cups that you can reuse. Either that, or a travel mug / flask is just as good.

And I can relate to a scary amount of what you mentioned.

I was diagnosed at the age of 11 along with Aspergers, have to say it's a nightmare. Never got any help... struggle with short term memory, coordination amongst other things, since having to drop out of college prematurely and go on the hunt for a job, six months on no job, on job seekers (had one but left after 2 weeks due to severe trouble with the management who accused me of lying even though they a) gave me no training as promised when working with vulnerable service users, and b) made fun of my symptoms....

Has anyone else found it harder as they get older? The more things such as job hunting, more social things to navigate... I feel my symptoms are more obvious

I was diagnosed at the age of 11 along with Aspergers, have to say it's a nightmare. Never got any help... struggle with short term memory, coordination amongst other things, since having to drop out of college prematurely and go on the hunt for a job, six months on no job, on job seekers (had one but left after 2 weeks due to severe trouble with the management who accused me of lying even though they a) gave me no training as promised when working with vulnerable service users, and b) made fun of my symptoms....

Has anyone else found it harder as they get older? The more things such as job hunting, more social things to navigate... I feel my symptoms are more obvious