Developmental coordination disorder is a childhood disorder that leads to poor coordination and clumsiness.

About 6% of school-age children have some kind of developmental coordination disorder. Children with this disorder may:

• Have trouble holding objects
• Have an unsteady walk
• Run into other children
• Trip over their own feet

Developmental coordination disorder may occur alone or with other learning disorders, such as communication disorders or disorder of written expression.

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Developmental coordination disorder Symptoms

Review Date: 11/02/2010
Reviewed By: Jennifer K. Mannheim, ARNP, Medical Staff, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Seattle Children’s Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)