Developmental Coordination Disorder
Definition
Developmental coordination disorder is a childhood disorder marked by poor coordination and clumsiness.
Symptoms
Children with developmental coordination disorder have difficulties with motor coordination compared to other children the same age. Some common symptoms include:
* Clumsiness
* Delays in sitting up, crawling, and walking
* Problems with sucking and swallowing during first year of life
* Problems with gross motor coordination (for example, jumping, hopping, or standing on one foot)
* Problems with fine motor coordination (for example, writing, using scissors, tying shoelaces, or tapping one finger to another)
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