Other Names
Collier first described developmental dyspraxia as 'congenital maladroitness'. A. Jean Ayres referred to it as a disorder of sensory integration in 1972 while in 1975 Dr Sasson Gubbay called it the 'clumsy child syndrome'. It has also been called minimal brain dysfunction although the two latter names are no longer in use. Other names include:
- Clumsy Child Syndrome
- Developmental Apraxia
- Disorder of Attention and Motor Perception (DAMP)
- Dyspraxia
- Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) - a subtly different condition by definition, in practice, very similar.
- Motor Learning Difficulties
- Perceptuo-motor dysfunction
- Sensorimotor dysfunction
The World Health Organisation currently lists Developmental Dyspraxia as Specific Developmental Disorder of Motor Function.
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