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
Sources
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.
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