Thanks so much for sharing the link Irena! The descriptions on the pages are wonderful - best one-stop brief description I've seen for DCD
I also think the videos are wonderful because most kids with DCD look *VERY* *VERY* "typical" until you observe them when they are doing an impacted task - and even most of those most people observing would think they aren't paying attention or are being lazy or not motivated etc. But when you have a video showing the action and explaining what's going on it - that will work really well for helping to explain DCD to someone who's never heard of it.
bluemagic, the one thing I *didn't* see on this was any type of note re one thing that I've always been told is a hallmark of dyspraxia - no two individuals are impacted in exactly the same way, and most people who do not have all the symptoms. One person might be impacted primarily in fine motor, but another might be impacted primarily in gross motor or speech, yet another person might have challenges in all areas. My ds, for instance, has a diagnosis of severe DCD, yet he never had the issue with sliding off seats or wiggling to keep his body in place like the girl in the video. OTOH, maybe he didn't because he wasn't coordinated enough to wiggle
The learning to catch/throw the ball video - my ds could have made that video - that is SO exactly what he looks like with a ball. The buttoning video - same kind of deal except his fingers don't move anywhere near that fast. DS will *not* wear a full-top-to-bottom button up shirt because it takes to much effort to button.
The thing that makes me a bit sad and also makes me wonder (hindsight is so wonderful lol!) is the list of what is typical in terms of gross and fine motor development at 1, 2, etc years. There were quite a few milestones on those lists (actually probably most of them) that my ds never hit anywhere near the "typical" age, but his routine ped checks never revealed any issues - and I was filling out some type of developmental survey every time ds had a well-check up until he was around 5 years old (same routine survey for each of my kids - I think it was called the "Denver" scale?) (I am going to google it after I post). DS was never flagged as being "behind" by the Denver scale. I do wish his ped (or someone) would have said something to us as dh and I just were clueless - we thought the not crawling, walking late, not tying his shoes, things like that - were all personality.
Thanks Irena!
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