Hello all. I've been talking to Dan on and off for about 9 months, but have never before joined an SPD community, so I figured it may be a good opportunity to be able to converse with others.

I was diagnosed with Dyspraxia around age 7, and had OT for a bit which greatly helped my motor control and coordination. Until relatively recently all I knew was how I was affected physically, my writing is very slow and my hand tires quite quickly which make writing for an extended period of time difficult.
About a year ago I discovered the sensory issue side that often comes with dyspraxia, which is where I found out about SPD. In hindsight, a lot of things I've disliked now makes sense. I have always tried to avoid loud noises; I need thing to be quiet if I'm trying to work, and I am a fussy eater; dislike the texture of a lot of foods as well as taste. I can also have trouble understanding what people are saying standing next to me and may have to have it repeated, but can hear things half way down a hall.

I was tested for Aspergers when I was younger, and was close to being diagnosed but I was slightly too typical I think. My sister has it and my dad shows signs, so it was assumed that I may have picked up behavioural traits from them instead. Now when I reconsider it, I show many traits (specifically in the way I think and perceive things) so I may have it, but at the end of the day, I know myself and I don't need a label to show that.

In the last 8 months I've been having periods of depression, which has many roots, some of which I shall not go into, but is related to all this in that I have doubts about how it will affect me trying to be independent in a few years.

Anyway, enough of the glum stuff.
I enjoy listening to some music, mostly classical and from musicals or films, but there are the odd random bit thrown in there. I am part of explorer scouts and I help with my local cub group (that's ages 7-10 1/2), don't ask me what those two groups would be called in the US as I haven't a clue.

When it comes to sport I go swimming as a leisure activity about once a week, and also take part in orienteering regularly - look it up if you don't know what it is. One of the things I am good at is reading maps, it also helps that I have an incredibly good visual memory, to go with a very good memory in general (I thought it was normal, but everyone else says I remember everything).
I'm very good at visualising things and find that to be quite effective when trying to learn something. I get bored with limiting mind maps to 2D, so if I make multiple ones then I can make a 3D one in my head which is far more interesting, and you can fit a lot more information it.

I've said enough already, but I spend too much of my free time on the computer and internet looking up things. It's like I'm a knowledge monster always hungry for new things.

So that's me, any questions?