EDKP 447 Main Menu

What is Dyspraxia?

34954
Dyspraxia, also known as developmental coordination disorder (DCD), is a chronic and usually permanent condition diagnosed in children between the ages of 6 to 12 years of age. With more boys being affected than girls, DCD is characterized by motor impairment that interferes with the child’s activities of daily living and academic achievement (Banhart et al., 2003). These impairments can be ones affecting neurodevelopmental growth that affects both fine and gross motor skills, as well as difficulties in language, perception, thought and eye movements (Ball, 2002). Therefore, it has been characterized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), that DCD also causes clumsiness, slowness or inaccuracy in performing coordinated motor skills.  
 

This page has paths:

  1. Dyspraxia: A Look into Static Postural Instability Emilie Rinaldi

Contents of this path:

  1. Causes and Symptoms of DCD