Dyspraxia
There is no known cause for dyspraxia and no neurological abnormality has been found to explain the disorder.
Students with dyspraxia have trouble coordinating and completing fine and/or gross motor skills. 2% of the population is estimated to have dyspraxia, and most of them are males. (LD.org)
- These students look clumsy--their minds have trouble controlling their large muscles, and they bump into desks, people, corners
- They have trouble playing sports--difficulty remembering the sequence of events necessary to throw a ball, swing a racket, jump a hurdle
- They tend to avoid sports so as not to be made fun of--they decide they don't "like" that game
from Levine, All Kinds of Minds, 272-73