Dyspraxia

This is one condition which is a disability towards learning motors. The disability can hamper the movement and ability of understanding the basic co-ordinates to judge the distance and speed. This normally happens due to the brain not being able to send message to the body and as an affect, the lack of co-ordination takes place in the body parts. The condition has been found quite commonly among adults as well as children. The condition is also known as clumsy child syndrome, though it can happen in adults too. The condition has lot of names attributed to it like motor learning difficulty, minimal brain dysfunction, perceptuo-motor dysfunction, motor learning difficulty (DCD). The condition also leads to hampering the understanding of thoughts, perceptions or ideas. The statistics show that the condition affects more boys in comparison to girls and it has been seen that almost one among every twenty children is suffering from this condition. The good part is the condition does not hamper the intelligence factor of the children and its their ability to gather as much, but sure does effect their learning capabilities with some conflicts in coordination.

Symptoms

During the early days the signs have to be noticed and taken care of. Basic signs would be when the child does not reach the normal milestones which other kids happen to reach, like taking more time in moving, rolling over, speaking, crawling, also they may see lot of resistance from their body towards normal day to day activities. The learning of new skills may also appear to be developing slowly. The children will be intelligent and the condition would by no way mean lack of it, but they may be average or above average in intelligence quotient. The children also shirk from playing outside and interacting with others since they face coordination problems and understanding of the movements and they shy away from those.

Causes

The exact reasons behind the condition are still unknown and more research is underway. The only understanding about the condition is that it happens due to lack of development of the nerve cells in the brain which are responsible for the muscle control in the body. Normally the condition is caused by the immature development of these muscles and lack of control and sending the correct message from brain to the body parts. As per the medical understanding also, there are no clear cut reasons defined for these conditions and it can only be explained by relating to genetic conditions.

Diagnosis

It is very important that the condition be diagnosed early and taken to treatment since it gives the child better chances of coming out of it and improving. The doctor, parents in introspection may call for a child specialist to undertake the diagnosis. There may also be assessment drawn by the speech therapist, physiotherapist and the psychologists to find the correct condition of the child.

Treatment

The condition cannot be cured but the abilities of the child can be improved with time provided the condition is diagnosed on time. There are plenty of therapists and speech experts available who can help in improving the condition of the child and has yielded great results in the past.