Caged in chaos : a dyspraxic guide to breaking free

Summary: The author, a gifted teenage dyspraxic, offers a practical guide for dyspraxics and those around them. She addresses her own disorganization, clumsiness, memory impairment, and other difficulties faced by young dyspraxics such as bullying, low self-esteem, and loneliness. Also discussed are issues such as body language, puberty, health and hygiene, family life and social skills, plus accounts from other dyspraxic adolescents.

Record details

ISBN: 1843103478 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 196) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. A Recipe for chaos -- 2. The hidden people at home -- 3. A survival guide to school -- 4. Making the grade -- 5. Crossing the chasm -- 6. The case of the cooked tomato -- 7. Bullying -- 8. Coping with growing up -- 9. Diagnosis - a pipe dream? -- 10. Dealing with dyspraxia: what can I do now? -- 11. Lying diagonally in a parallel universe.