{"id":7696,"date":"2019-05-22T15:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/developmental_coordination_disorder_-dcd\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:39","slug":"developmental_coordination_disorder_-dcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/developmental_coordination_disorder_-dcd\/","title":{"rendered":"Developmental coordination disorder (DCD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As defined by the American Psychiatric Association in <a href=\"http:\/\/psychiatry-training.wiki.otago.ac.nz\/images\/6\/66\/Andrews1999.pdf\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/psychiatry-training.wiki.otago.ac.nz\/images\/6\/66\/Andrews1999.pdf&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DSM-IV<\/a> (1994), it is a generic term encompassing a range of developmental motor impairments of less severity than recognized syndromes such as cerebral palsy, and sometimes referred to as &#8216;clumsiness&#8217;. &nbsp;Some researchers now consider DCD to share some of the same dysfunctional mechanisms as cerebral palsy, although in much less severe forms. &nbsp;Others point to the co-morbidities that DCD shares, for example, with autism, Asperger&#8217;s syndrome, Attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"apraxia\">Apraxia<\/a>, <a href=\"asperger-s_syndrome\">Asperger&#8217;s syndrome<\/a>, <a href=\"attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder_-adhd-\">Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)<\/a>, <a href=\"cerebral_palsy\">Cerebral palsy<\/a>, <a href=\"co-morbidity\">Co-morbidity<\/a>, <a href=\"coordination\">Coordination<\/a>, Developmental disorders. Developmental dyspraxia, <a href=\"disability\">Disability<\/a>, <a href=\"dyslexia\">Dyslexia<\/a>, <a href=\"dysgraphia\">Dysgraphia<\/a>, <a href=\"impairment\">Impairment<\/a>, <a href=\"minor_neurological_dysfunction_-mnd-\">Minor neurological dysfunction (MND)<\/a>, Movement coordination, <a href=\"neurodevelopmental_disorder\">Neurodevelopmental disorder<\/a>, Neurological &#8216;soft&#8217; signs <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As defined by the American Psychiatric Association in DSM-IV (1994), it is a generic term encompassing a range of developmental motor impairments of less severity than recognized syndromes such as cerebral palsy, and sometimes referred to as &#8216;clumsiness&#8217;. &nbsp;Some researchers now consider DCD to share some of the same dysfunctional mechanisms as cerebral palsy, although &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/developmental_coordination_disorder_-dcd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Developmental coordination disorder (DCD)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}