Motor skills disorder

Disorder Developmental Coordination

The essential feature of developmental disorder of coordination is a significant change

development of motor coordination diagnosis is made only

if such an effect significantly interferes with academic achievement or life activities

daily. The diagnosis is made if the dea general medical condition (eg., cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, or muscular dystrophy) and does notficiencies of coordination should not be meet the criteria for pervasive developmental disorder. If there is a mental retardation

the motor deficits in excess of those usually associated with it. Demonstrationsof this disorder vary depending on the age and stage of development. For example

young children may exhibit clumsiness and delays in achieving developmental milestones motor (eg., walking, crawling, sitting, tying shoelaces, buttoning shirts, up and down Older children may exhibit difficulties in motor tasks such as making

puzzles, building models, playing ball and write.