ABSTRACT
Difficulties in motor co-ordination apparently unrelated to muscular or sensory impairment, and thus caused at the neurological level. Two forms are identified. ‘Acquired dyspraxia’ is the result of braindamage, ‘developmental dyspraxia’ (also called ‘developmental coordination disorder’) is due to failure in normal neurological development during early years. The term ‘apraxia’ is sometimes used synonymously with dyspraxia although the ‘a-’ prefix in medical terms properly denotes complete, or near complete, absence.
