Dyspraxia / Developmental Coordination Disorder in Neurodivergent Adults: More Than Being Clumsy

You bump into doorframes, drop things more often than other people seem to, or need far more concentration for movements that look automatic from the outside. You may have learned to drive, cook, type or exercise successfully, but still feel that coordinating your body takes more conscious effort than it seems to take other people.

These experiences can sometimes involve Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), often called dyspraxia. DCD is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting the learning and execution of coordinated motor skills, and its effects can continue into adulthood. It can affect fine movement, gross movement, balance and everyday activities without implying anything about intelligence. (nhs.uk)

✍️ handwriting or using small objects takes unusual effort
🚪 bumping into furniture, doorframes or people
🥄 cooking and handling utensils feel awkward
👕 buttons, zips or other fine-motor tasks are difficult
🏃 unfamiliar movements take longer to learn
🚗 driving requires intense concentration
🪫 physical tasks become tiring because they demand constant attention

DCD is not simply “being clumsy.” It is about how easily and reliably your brain and body can organise movement for everyday life.

🧠 What Is Developmental Coordination Disorder?

DCD is a neurodevelopmental condition in which coordinated motor skills are substantially harder to acquire or perform than expected and those difficulties interfere with everyday functioning. Importantly, the difficulties begin during development rather than suddenly appearing in adulthood. (PubMed Central (PMC))

The visible result might look like clumsiness, but movement requires several processes to work together. Your brain needs to interpret sensory information, predict the movement required, select a motor response, coordinate timing and force, monitor what happens and make corrections while the movement is underway.

That can affect both:

🤏 Fine motor skills — writing, fastening buttons, using cutlery, handling small objects, typing or manipulating tools
🏃 Gross motor skills — running, balance, catching, throwing, navigating obstacles or coordinating whole-body movement

Adults can become highly skilled at compensating, so DCD does not always look dramatic from the outside. The task may get completed while still requiring much more conscious control. (nhs.uk)

🏷️ Dyspraxia or DCD?

The words dyspraxia and Developmental Coordination Disorder are often used interchangeably in everyday language, particularly in the UK. The NHS, for example, describes adult dyspraxia as developmental coordination disorder. (nhs.uk)

In clinical and research contexts, DCD is the more precisely defined diagnostic term. “Dyspraxia” has been used more broadly and can mean somewhat different things in different settings, which is why professional recommendations generally favour DCD when referring to the recognised developmental motor condition. (PubMed Central (PMC))

For this article, I use DCD when talking about the defined neurodevelopmental condition and dyspraxia where it reflects the language many adults already use for their experience.

🧩 Motor Coordination Is More Than Strength

You can be physically strong and still have coordination difficulties.

Strength answers:

“Can the muscles generate enough force?”

Coordination asks something different:

“Can the movement be organised with the right timing, direction and amount of force?”

You may therefore be able to lift a heavy object while still misjudging how tightly to hold a glass. You may have enough leg strength to run but find the movement awkward or inefficient.

The issue is not necessarily whether the body can move.

It is how smoothly the nervous system organises that movement.

🧭 Motor Planning: Turning Intention Into Movement

Some movements are extremely familiar. You reach for a cup without consciously calculating the angle of your shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers.

A new or complicated movement demands more.

Your brain has to organise:

🧠 what movement is needed
📍 where your body currently is
🎯 where it needs to go
⏱️ when different parts should move
💪 how much force to use
🔄 how to correct the movement as it happens

This is one reason unfamiliar motor tasks can be particularly difficult in DCD. The challenge may become much more visible when learning a new sport, using an unfamiliar tool, driving in a new environment or following a physical sequence someone else demonstrates. (PsychOpen)

🧍 Proprioception and Coordination Are Related — but Not the Same

Proprioception provides information about where your body is and how much force your muscles and joints are producing.

If that information is difficult to use efficiently, you may misjudge movement or force:

🚪 clipping a doorway
🥛 putting a glass down harder than intended
✍️ pressing very hard with a pen
📦 dropping or crushing objects
🪑 misjudging where the chair is behind you

But proprioceptive differences and DCD should not simply be treated as synonyms. DCD is a broader motor-coordination condition, while proprioception is one sensory system involved in body position and movement.

Read Proprioception & Interoception in ADHD & Autism for the sensory side of this distinction. Your Sensory Processing Disorder in Adults article also explains proprioceptive discrimination separately from motor coordination. (Sensory Overload)

⚖️ Balance and the Vestibular System

Balance depends partly on the vestibular system, which provides information about movement and head position.

But balance is not created by the vestibular system alone. Your brain combines vestibular information with vision, proprioception and motor control.

That is why someone can have:

🌀 vestibular sensitivity without DCD
🏃 DCD without major vestibular symptoms
🔄 both at the same time

If movement itself makes you dizzy, nauseated or disoriented, that may require a different explanation from motor coordination. See Vestibular Sensitivity in Neurodivergent Adults. (Sensory Overload)

✍️ Fine Motor Skills in Adult Life

Fine motor difficulties are sometimes discussed as though they only matter to children learning handwriting.

Adults use fine motor coordination constantly.

⌨️ typing
🔑 using keys
🔪 chopping food
🥢 handling cutlery
🪥 brushing teeth
👔 fastening clothes
🪛 using tools
✍️ handwriting
📱 manipulating small controls

A person may learn these activities successfully while remaining slower, less automatic or more physically effortful.

Adult DCD research has found measurable differences in handwriting processes and links between motor performance and the organisational demands surrounding written work. (PubMed Central (PMC))

The important question therefore is not only:

“Can you do this?”

It is also:

“How much concentration and effort does doing it require?”

✍️ Handwriting Can Be Surprisingly Exhausting

Writing by hand requires a continuous stream of motor adjustments.

Your brain has to coordinate finger movement, wrist position, pressure, letter formation, spacing, movement across the page and the language you are trying to express.

If writing itself demands significant conscious control, there is less attention available for the content.

You might know exactly what you want to say but find that:

✍️ your hand cannot keep up
🪫 writing becomes physically tiring
📏 spacing becomes inconsistent
🐌 speed drops when you try to keep writing neat
🧠 thinking becomes harder while concentrating on letter formation

This is one reason typing, speech-to-text or extra time can be meaningful accommodations rather than simply conveniences.

🍳 Cooking Is a Motor-Planning Task

Cooking looks like an executive-function task because it involves planning and sequencing.

It is also intensely motor.

You may need to:

🔪 cut ingredients safely
🥣 hold one object while manipulating another
🔥 coordinate movement around heat
🥄 judge force while stirring or pouring
⏱️ perform movements under time pressure
🧹 navigate several objects in a confined space

If motor coordination is effortful, cooking can consume far more capacity than the recipe suggests.

Add sensory processing, working memory and timing, and “make dinner” becomes a complex neurocognitive and motor activity.

That is why difficulty cooking should not automatically be interpreted as poor organisation or low motivation.

👕 Dressing Contains More Coordination Than It Seems

Getting dressed is another activity adults are expected to perform automatically.

But consider what it requires:

🧦 balance while putting on socks
👖 coordinating both legs with clothing
🔘 manipulating buttons
🤏 controlling zips
👟 tying laces
🧥 orienting garments correctly

An adult may have developed successful workarounds so gradually that they no longer notice them.

Elastic clothing.

Slip-on shoes.

Avoiding certain fastenings.

Sitting down while dressing.

Buying clothing that is easier to manage.

These are not necessarily preferences without a reason. They can be adaptations that reduce unnecessary motor demand.

🏃 Exercise Can Feel Very Different When Coordination Is Hard

Exercise advice often assumes movement is straightforward.

“Just join a class.”

“Try a team sport.”

“Copy the instructor.”

For someone with DCD, the movement itself may require much more conscious processing.

A group exercise class can add:

👀 watch instructor
🧠 understand movement
🔄 translate it into your own body
🎵 keep time
👥 avoid other people
⚖️ maintain balance
🏃 execute the sequence quickly

That is very different from walking, cycling on a familiar route or using gym equipment you already understand.

The problem is not necessarily disliking exercise.

The motor-learning demands of the exercise may be the barrier.

Your Neurodiversity-Friendly Movement article is a useful companion because movement support works better when it respects differences in coordination, sensory needs and predictability. (Sensory Overload)

🚗 Driving Can Demand More Conscious Coordination

Driving combines motor coordination with visual processing, spatial judgment, attention, prediction and rapid decision-making.

You need to coordinate steering, pedals and visual attention while simultaneously tracking other vehicles and pedestrians.

Adult DCD studies using driving simulators have found differences in aspects of driving performance, while more recent self-report work also suggests that some adults with DCD experience greater difficulty in driving and pedestrian situations. That does not mean adults with DCD cannot drive safely; ability and experience vary greatly. (PubMed Central (PMC))

For some adults, driving becomes easier after extensive practice because many motor actions become more automatic.

For others, complicated traffic, unfamiliar roads or multitasking keep the coordination demand high.

Your Driving Overwhelm in Neurodivergent Adults explores the additional sensory and attentional side of driving. (Sensory Overload)

🧠 DCD Does Not Mean Low Intelligence

This point deserves to be explicit.

DCD primarily affects movement and coordination. It does not imply low intelligence. (nhs.uk)

Someone can understand a physical task perfectly and still have difficulty getting the body to perform it smoothly.

That mismatch can be particularly frustrating:

“I know what I’m supposed to do.”

“I can see what you’re doing.”

“I understand the instructions.”

“My body still isn’t doing it.”

Understanding and execution are different processes.

⚡ DCD and ADHD

DCD and ADHD frequently co-occur. Research reviews commonly report substantial overlap, particularly in childhood samples, and long-term research has shown that combined ADHD and motor-coordination difficulties can remain important into adult life. (PubMed)

But the conditions are not interchangeable.

ADHD may make physical activities harder through:

🎯 inconsistent attention
⚡ impulsive movement
📦 working-memory difficulties
🔄 difficulty following multistep instructions
⏱️ timing and pacing

DCD specifically adds difficulty with motor learning and coordination.

That distinction matters because:

“I dropped it because my attention had moved elsewhere”

is not necessarily the same mechanism as:

“I was fully focused and still misjudged the movement.”

A person can experience both.

♾️ DCD and Autism

Motor differences are also common in autism, but again:

motor difficulty in autism does not automatically equal DCD.

Autistic adults have described difficulties involving balance, fine motor control, coordination, learning new movements and navigating physical space. A 2023 qualitative study found that autistic adults considered these motor differences an important but often overlooked part of everyday life. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Some autistic people also meet criteria for DCD.

Others have noticeable motor differences without a separate DCD diagnosis.

Research increasingly recognises that motor coordination is an underexamined part of autistic experience, but autism and DCD remain distinct neurodevelopmental conditions. (PubMed Central (PMC))

🔄 What About AuDHD?

There is no established AuDHD-specific DCD profile.

An AuDHD adult can have motor difficulties related to autism, ADHD-related attention or timing demands, a co-occurring DCD diagnosis, sensory differences, or some combination of these.

That means a pattern such as:

🚪 bumping into things
🖐️ dropping objects
🏃 awkward movement
🚗 difficulty learning to drive

should not automatically be labelled “an AuDHD thing.”

The more useful question is:

Which mechanisms are actually contributing?

That keeps support specific instead of using AuDHD as an explanation for every difficulty.

🧩 DCD Is Not Executive Dysfunction

DCD and executive-function difficulties can overlap.

Adult studies have found difficulties involving planning, organisation and other cognitive demands in some people with DCD. But executive dysfunction and motor coordination should still be distinguished. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Consider tying shoelaces.

If the problem is:

“I keep forgetting the sequence,”

that may involve working memory.

If the problem is:

“I know the sequence but my fingers struggle to execute it,”

that is more motor.

If the problem is:

“I keep meaning to put my shoes on and cannot start,”

that sounds more like task initiation.

One everyday failure can contain several different bottlenecks.

🎧 DCD Is Not Sensory Processing Disorder

Sensory information contributes to movement, which makes DCD and sensory processing easy to blur together.

But they are not the same thing.

A sensory difficulty might involve detecting or interpreting body position, movement or touch.

A DCD difficulty concerns coordinated motor performance.

You can have:

🎧 sensory differences without DCD
🏃 DCD without a broad sensory disorder
🔄 both together

Your existing Sensory Processing Disorder in Adults already touches on motor planning and proprioceptive discrimination, which makes this DCD article a natural deeper destination rather than a replacement for that page. (Sensory Overload)

🩺 DCD Is Also Not Acquired Dyspraxia

The word dyspraxia can sometimes cause confusion because similar language is used for movement-planning difficulties that occur after brain injury or neurological disease.

Developmental Coordination Disorder is developmental.

The pattern begins during development even if nobody recognised or diagnosed it at the time. (PubMed Central (PMC))

If an adult suddenly develops major new problems coordinating movements that were previously easy, that is a different situation.

Sudden problems with walking, coordination, weakness, speech or movement can require urgent medical assessment rather than being explained as previously unnoticed DCD.

🕰️ How Can DCD Be Missed Until Adulthood?

Adults are rarely asked whether tying shoes, handwriting, sports or learning physical skills were unusually difficult in childhood.

Instead, people may grow up with labels such as:

“clumsy”

“bad at sports”

“careless”

“messy”

“awkward”

“just not physical”

Over time, they adapt.

They avoid sports involving balls.

Choose typing over handwriting.

Use familiar routes.

Buy clothing without complicated fastenings.

Take longer to prepare food.

Avoid activities where coordination will be publicly visible.

The difficulty has not necessarily disappeared.

Life has been redesigned around it.

🪫 Compensation Can Hide the Cost

A skill can become possible without becoming effortless.

An adult may drive safely, cook independently and work successfully while using much more conscious attention to coordinate those activities.

That difference matters because conscious control is tiring.

If every movement needs more monitoring, the day can accumulate additional effort:

🧠 think about movement
👀 watch what your hands are doing
⚖️ continuously correct position
😰 worry about making mistakes
🔄 repeat movements that did not work

Adult DCD research has found associations with emotional distress and lower quality of life, showing that the impact can extend well beyond isolated motor performance. (PubMed Central (PMC))

😰 Years of Motor Difficulty Can Affect Confidence

Imagine repeatedly being the person who:

⚽ cannot catch the ball
🥤 spills the drink
🚪 walks into something
✍️ writes slowly
🏃 struggles to copy the movement
🚗 takes longer to learn a physical skill

Those experiences accumulate socially.

People may laugh.

Correct you.

Become impatient.

Assume you are careless.

Eventually, you may avoid the activity before anyone gets the opportunity to judge you.

That means adult DCD can involve both the original coordination difficulty and the history built around that difficulty.

🚫 Avoidance Does Not Tell You Why the Activity Is Difficult

Someone who avoids sport may genuinely dislike sport.

But perhaps years of being picked last made sport emotionally threatening.

Someone avoiding driving may have sensory overload.

Or anxiety.

Or coordination difficulties.

Someone avoiding cooking may struggle with planning, sensory input, motor coordination or all three.

The behaviour:

“I avoid this.”

does not explain the mechanism.

Understanding what is underneath the avoidance gives you many more options.

🛠️ What Actually Helps DCD in Adult Life?

Adult DCD support should focus on function.

The useful question is not:

“How do I make myself move like everyone else?”

It is:

“What would make this activity safer, easier, less effortful or more reliable?”

That may involve changing the task, environment, equipment or way the movement is learned.

🪜 Learn Physical Skills in Smaller Parts

Complex movements can be easier when they are separated.

Instead of trying to imitate an entire movement sequence at normal speed:

1. learn the first position
2. practise the first movement
3. add the next part
4. combine gradually

This is especially useful when someone says:

“Just watch me and copy.”

Watching does not guarantee that the body can immediately translate visual information into an accurate motor sequence.

Slower demonstration, repetition and clear physical steps can help.

👀 Use More Than One Kind of Information

Some people learn movement better when instructions combine:

👀 visual demonstration
🗣️ verbal explanation
📝 written sequence
👐 physical practice
🔁 repetition

For example, “move your foot like this” may be difficult to reproduce from visual imitation alone.

A more specific instruction such as:

“Put your left foot slightly forward, shift your weight onto it, then lift your right foot”

provides a clearer sequence.

The best combination varies by person.

🛠️ Adapt the Tool Instead of Fighting the Tool

Many everyday products assume a particular level of fine-motor coordination.

Changing the equipment can remove unnecessary difficulty.

Possible examples include:

⌨️ typing instead of prolonged handwriting
🎙️ speech-to-text
👟 elastic or no-tie laces
🔪 easier-grip kitchen tools
🥤 cups that are easier to hold securely
🎒 bags with simpler fastenings
📱 digital rather than handwritten forms

The goal is not proving that you can perform the hardest version of the task.

The goal is accomplishing what matters.

🪑 Stabilise the Environment

Motor tasks often become easier when fewer variables are moving.

You may benefit from:

🪑 sitting while dressing
🥣 putting a bowl on a stable surface before pouring
🧹 having enough physical space around the task
📦 keeping frequently used objects in predictable locations
🔕 reducing distractions during complicated physical work

This reduces how many adjustments your motor system has to make at the same time.

⏳ Give Learning More Repetition

A new motor sequence may take longer to become automatic.

That does not mean it cannot be learned.

It may mean the person needs:

🔁 more repetitions
🐢 a slower beginning
📝 clearer steps
🧠 conscious practice
🌱 less pressure while learning

Once a movement becomes more familiar, the cognitive burden may decrease.

The important thing is allowing your learning curve instead of judging it against someone else’s first attempt.

💼 DCD at Work

Adult DCD can affect work in ways that are easy to miss.

Depending on the job, difficulties might involve:

✍️ handwriting quickly in meetings
⌨️ prolonged typing or fine-motor fatigue
📦 handling equipment
🪜 navigating physical environments
🛠️ learning unfamiliar tools
🚗 driving between locations
🧠 combining physical and cognitive demands at speed

Helpful accommodations may include more time for certain physical tasks, digital alternatives, ergonomic equipment, written procedures, reducing unnecessary handwriting or allowing a task to be performed in another way.

The broader principle from Neurodivergent Accommodations applies perfectly here:

preserve the actual goal while removing an unnecessary barrier.

🏠 DCD at Home

Home contains endless small motor demands.

Open the jar.

Chop vegetables.

Carry the washing basket downstairs.

Repair something.

Fasten clothing.

Pour a drink.

Clean around fragile objects.

None looks significant individually.

Together they can make everyday life much more effortful.

It can help to notice which activities repeatedly produce:

😤 frustration
💥 breakages
🪫 fatigue
😰 anxiety
🚫 avoidance

Those may be the best places to adapt first.

❤️ DCD in Relationships

Motor difficulties can be misinterpreted.

“Why are you always dropping things?”

“Be more careful.”

“You make such a mess when you cook.”

Sometimes greater attention will help.

Sometimes it will not.

If the person is already concentrating intensely, repeated requests to “be careful” add pressure without improving coordination.

A better conversation is:

“Which part of this is difficult, and how can we make it easier?”

That moves the problem away from character and toward function.

🧑‍⚕️ Occupational Therapy Can Be Useful

Occupational therapists work with the activities people need or want to perform in everyday life.

For an adult with motor-coordination difficulties, that may mean looking at how someone:

🍳 cooks
✍️ writes
👕 dresses
💼 performs work tasks
🚗 manages transport
🏠 organises physical environments

The aim is not necessarily to make movement look typical.

It may involve skill development, adaptation, equipment or changing how the activity is performed.

Adult services and expertise vary considerably by location, so access is not always straightforward.

🩺 What Does an Adult DCD Assessment Involve?

DCD is a developmental diagnosis, so adult assessment generally needs more than noticing that someone currently feels clumsy.

Clinicians need to consider whether motor difficulties were present during development, whether they meaningfully affect everyday functioning, and whether another neurological, visual or physical condition better explains the difficulties. International clinical recommendations emphasise both motor assessment and the impact on daily activities. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Adult assessment is less standardised than childhood assessment, and research has highlighted variability in the tools used to identify DCD in adulthood. That is another reason online questionnaires should be treated as screening information rather than diagnosis.

⚠️ Do Not Attribute Every Coordination Problem to Neurodivergence

A lifelong pattern is different from a new problem.

Coordination can also be affected by:

👁️ visual problems
👂 vestibular disorders
💊 medication or substances
🦴 injuries or musculoskeletal conditions
🧠 neurological conditions
😴 severe fatigue
🍷 alcohol
🩺 other physical illnesses

If your coordination has suddenly changed, particularly with weakness, facial changes, speech difficulty, severe dizziness, numbness or confusion, seek urgent medical assessment.

If it is gradually worsening or significantly different from your usual baseline, it also deserves medical attention.

Being ADHD, autistic or otherwise neurodivergent does not explain every movement problem.

🧪 Look at the Movement, Not Just the Outcome

Instead of saying:

“I’m clumsy.”

look more closely.

Ask:

🧍 Is balance the main problem?
🤏 Is fine motor control difficult?
💪 Do I misjudge force?
👀 Is visual guidance important?
🔄 Are unfamiliar movements much harder than familiar ones?
🎯 Does attention make the problem dramatically worse?
🧠 Do I know the sequence but struggle to execute it?
🪫 Does movement require unusual concentration?
🏃 Does practice eventually make the movement automatic?

The label clumsy collapses all of those possibilities into one word.

A functional description gives you somewhere to intervene.

🌱 A Better Question Than “Why Am I So Clumsy?”

Being repeatedly described as clumsy can make motor difficulty feel like a personality trait.

It is not a very useful description.

Instead of:

“Why can’t I just be more careful?”

try:

🧠 Is this movement sufficiently automatic?
🧍 Do I know where my body is in space?
🤏 Is fine coordination the difficult part?
🔢 Is the movement sequence too complex?
🎧 Is sensory input interfering?
⚡ Is attention contributing?
🪫 Am I using enormous effort to compensate?
🛠️ Could the task or equipment be redesigned?

That turns embarrassment into information.

🌱 Conclusion

Developmental Coordination Disorder is much more than being “a bit clumsy.”

It can affect fine motor skills, gross motor coordination, motor learning and the amount of effort ordinary physical tasks require. Those differences can continue into adulthood even when years of practice and compensation make them less visible. (nhs.uk)

DCD also sits inside a complicated neurodivergent landscape. It commonly co-occurs with ADHD, while autistic adults frequently report motor-coordination differences too. But ADHD, autism, proprioceptive differences, sensory processing and DCD are not interchangeable explanations. (PubMed)

The most useful question is therefore not simply:

“Am I clumsy?”

It is:

“Which part of movement is difficult, how much effort does it require, and what would make the activity work better for me?”

You do not need to perform every task in the most coordination-intensive way available.

Sometimes improvement means practising a movement.

Sometimes it means slowing it down.

Sometimes it means changing the environment.

And sometimes the smartest motor strategy is simply using a better tool.

🔗 Read Next

🧍 Proprioception & Interoception in ADHD & Autism
💪 What Is Proprioceptive Input?
🎧 Sensory Processing Disorder in Adults
🌀 Vestibular Sensitivity in Neurodivergent Adults
🏃 Neurodiversity-Friendly Movement: Exercise Without Overload
🚗 Driving Overwhelm in Neurodivergent Adults
🧠 Executive Dysfunction in Adults
🛠️ Neurodivergent Accommodations: What Actually Helps
🧠 Working Memory in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD
🔋 Neurodivergent Capacity: Why It Changes Day to Day

📚 Sources & Research

Blank, R. et al. (2019). International Clinical Practice Recommendations on Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Read the full recommendations
A major international clinical guidance document covering definition, assessment, diagnosis and intervention for DCD across development. (PubMed Central (PMC))

NHS — Dyspraxia in Adults (Developmental Co-ordination Disorder).
Read the adult overview
Provides an accessible clinical overview of how DCD can affect adult movement, fine motor coordination and everyday activities. (nhs.uk)

Gowen, E. et al. (2023). From “One Big Clumsy Mess” to “A Fundamental Part of My Character”: Autistic Adults’ Experiences of Motor Coordination Difficulties.
Read the full study
An autistic-adult qualitative study showing how motor coordination can affect everyday activity, confidence, fatigue and identity while often being overlooked in autism support. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Gentle, J. et al. (2021). Driving Skills of Individuals With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Read the full study
Examines driving performance in adults with DCD and illustrates how motor coordination can interact with complex real-world activity. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Shipley, I. et al. (2024). The Self-Reported Driving and Pedestrian Behaviour of Adults With Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Read the full study
Recent adult research into everyday driving and pedestrian experiences in DCD. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Rosenblum, S. (2013). Handwriting Measures as Reflectors of Executive Functions Among Adults With Developmental Coordination Disorders.
Read the full study
Demonstrates how adult handwriting can reveal interactions between motor performance, organisation and task demands. (PubMed Central (PMC))

Engel-Yeger, B. et al. (2022). Emotional Distress and Quality of Life Among Adults With Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Read the full study
Shows that adult DCD can be associated with effects well beyond motor coordination, including emotional distress and lower quality of life. (PubMed Central (PMC))

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