However, because the diagnostic criteria were published independently from one another, the final recommendations differed greatly from one another. The Aspen Neurobehavioral Work-group was convened to explore the underlying causes of these disparities. In the end, the Aspen Work-group provided a consensus statement regarding definitions and diagnostic criteria disorder of consciousness which include the vegetative state (VS) and the minimally conscious state (MCS). Ethical issues
One of the major ethical concerns involving patients with severe brain damage is their inability to communicate. By definition, patients who are unconscious or are minimally conscious are incapable of giving informed consent which is required for participation in clinical research. Typically, written approval is obtained from family members or legal representatives. The inability to receive informed consent has led to much research being refused grants, ethics committee approval, or research publication. This puts patients in these conditions at risk of being denied therapy that may be life-saving. The right to die
The right to die in patients with severe cognitive impairment has developed over time because of their grave neurological state and the perceived futility of continued treatment. Such cases have been debated vigorously in the past, as in the case with Terri Schiavo who was diagnosed with persistent vegetative state. In the case of minimally conscious state patients, they are neither permanently unconscious nor are they necessarily hopelessly damaged. Thus, these patients warrant additional evaluation. On one hand, some argue that entertaining the possibility of intervention in some patients may erode the "right to die" moral obligation.
Other names include developmental apraxia, disorder of attention and motor perception (DAMP) dyspraxia, developmental dyspraxia, "motor learning difficulties", perceptuo-motor dysfunction, and sensorimotor dysfunction.The World Health Organization currently lists developmental coordination disorder as "Specific Developmental Disorder of Motor Function". In popular culture
Helen Burns, a character from Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre, is alleged to have been based on the authors dyspraxic elder sister Maria Bronte. Ryan Sinclair, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who, has the disorder. The character debuted in 2018.

Notable cases
People who have publicly stated they have been diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder include:

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe,
photographer David Bailey,
model Cara Delevingne,
singer Florence Welch,
UK politician Emma Lewell-Buck,
Rugby Union player Ellis Genge,
actor Will Poulter,
singer Mel B,
actor Olive Gray,
author Holly Smale,
games critic John "TotalBiscuit" Bain,
musician Toyah Willcox
English comedian Harriet Kemsley. See also
References
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Further reading
Polatajko H, Fox M, Missiuna C (1995). "An International Consensus on Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder". Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 62 (1): 3–6. doi:10.1177/000841749506200101. S2CID 75856620. Mandich A, Polatajko HJ (November 2003). "Developmental coordination disorder: mechanisms, measurement and management". Human Movement Science. 22 (4–5): 407–11. doi:10.1016/j.humov.2003.09.001. PMID 14624825. Talukdar, A (2012). Dyspraxia/DCD pocketbook (PDF). Teachers Pocketbooks. Hampshire; UK: Management Pocketbooks. ISBN 978-1906610388. OCLC 1162296987.