Dyspraxia

Quick meaning: Dyspraxia is a noun meaning (neurology) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during the planning and execution of motor movements.

Meaning

(neurology) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body during the planning and execution of motor movements.

Example Sentences

Many people with dyspraxia have difficulty with tying shoelaces.

It is not clearly known what causes dyspraxia. It appears to be a developmental delay specifically in areas affecting motor function, which may involve gross motor, fine motor or articulatory skills. Some dyspraxic children also have other learning difficulties, while some are of average or above-average intelligence.

Word Forms

• dyspraxias

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ideomotor, dysphasia, dyslexia, dyskinesis, dysdiadochokinesia, dyscalculia.

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