It’s Dyspraxia Awareness Week and there are many people contributing the bits and pieces to help bring dyspraxia into the limelight. I was going to use the news about ‘Doctor Who’ introducing a dyspraxic character as a starting point but I felt by the time this week commenced it would have been old news. When … Read more
“I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.” — The Doctor, Season 6, Episode 6 For those who aren’t aware yet (and those who skipped the title of this post), it has been announced that a character in the upcoming series of Doctor Who … Read more
A return to blogging It’s been a while since my last official post and I was planning on coming back sooner. However a blend of situations have happened (both negative and positive). But with all that aside I was finally able to complete this blog post that I’ve been planning and promising. Toxic People To … Read more
Dyspraxic Characters (A new page!) This is a follow-up from my last post; dyspraxicfantastic.com/post-111-dyspraxic-characters/ where I went into detail about the characters who are potentially dyspraxic (at least from my perspective). I had the thought that this topic holds great potential that I could tap into for my blog. The current problem is as my blog expands … Read more
Dyspraxic Characters (or really, the lack of Dyspraxic Characters): Dyspraxic characters; where are they? There are certainly many theories of characters that could have Dyspraxia (something I’ve gone into more depth later in this post). Dyslexia, Autism and other disabilities only get a few mentions here and there so it isn’t surprising that Dyspraxia gets completely … Read more
A few posts back I talked about Tillie, the inspirational engine from my childhood. This has spurred me on to do a post about another character from my childhood – Warrior from the TV show Tugs. While he didn’t impact my determination nearly as much as that famous blue engine he was a character that I could … Read more
Intro A bit on the early side, but Autism Awareness Month is close and I thought to myself I really should do a post about it. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s/Higher Functioning Autism after I started up my Dyspraxia blog and the Dyspraxia label was a part of my childhood. For that reason, I associate … Read more
Improved ‘Positives of Dyspraxia’ Chart Dyspraxia does have its positive points. After all, it is one of the reasons why I started this blog in the first place. The positive points are overshadowed by the stigma that comes with the territory of a label. It is these positives and negatives that make us unique people … Read more
5 Years of Dyspraxia Blogging This month marks the fifth anniversary of DyspraxicFantastic going live; it has been quite the adventure so far. I can’t believe it’s been over half a decade since I started it all off! Hasn’t been a smooth trip in any sense of the word, but each obstacle has made me … Read more
Inspiration is the main focus here, but this post is going to be very different and unusual from what I usually do. The people who give us inspiration There are people who give us inspiration and help us with difficult times. Sometimes it is people in our own lives – I’ve talked before about the … Read more