Developmental coordination disorder
Symptoms:
- developmental delays in sitting up, crawling, and walking.
- deficits in handwriting
- problems in gross motor coordination (jumping, hopping and standing on one foot)
- problems in fine motor coordination (tying shoelaces, tapping one finger to another)
- clumsiness
Signs and tests:
Other causes and types of learning disabilities will need to be ruled out before the diagnosis can be confirmed.
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