Health

Thu Oct 13

Explainer: what is dyspraxia and how is it different to clumsiness?

Written by Jacqueline Williams, Senior lecturer, Victoria University

Dyspraxia is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning it affects brain function and unfolds as the person grows.somsak nitimongkolchai/Shutterstock

Most of us learn to tie our shoelaces, eat with cutlery and use a pencil with relative ease. But for children with dyspraxia (also known as developmental coordination disorder or DCD), these tasks are...

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