
Dyspraxia in Relationships and Dating
Knocking over the wine glass on date one. The awkward hug-kiss collision. Explaining that yes, the bruise really was from a door frame. Dyspraxia shows


Knocking over the wine glass on date one. The awkward hug-kiss collision. Explaining that yes, the bruise really was from a door frame. Dyspraxia shows

Walking out of a shop the wrong way and suddenly it’s a brand new street. Following the blue dot round in circles. The escalator hover.

Looking for your phone while it’s in your hand. Ten minutes becoming forty. Three trips back to the house before you actually leave. Dyspraxia affects

Top on inside out (found out at lunchtime). Toothpaste on the one clean shirt. Buttons done up one off, all the way down. Dressing and

Last pick every week. Ducking the ball. One beat behind everyone in the gym class mirror. For a lot of dyspraxic people, school sport made

Hand aching halfway through every exam. Great ideas, “messy presentation” marks. A maths set that was basically a chaos kit. Lost on day one (and

Matching oven-shelf burns on both arms. Flour on the ceiling. Forgot the pasta because you were concentrating so hard on the sauce. Cooking asks for

Stalling at the same junction every lesson. Seven goes to park in a massive space. Your instructor says “left” and your hands confidently go right.

It’s not that we don’t look where we’re going. The reason is actually pretty fascinating. Every movement you make goes through four quick steps: idea