The development and standardization of the Adult Developmental Co-ordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC)

• Published in: Research in developmental disabilities Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 131 - 139
• Main Authors: Kirby, Amanda, Edwards, Lisa, Sugden, David, Rosenblum, Sara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - classification; Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Apraxias - diagnosis; Assessment; Biological and medical sciences; Check Lists; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD); Developmental Disabilities; Developmental disorders; Disability Evaluation; Disability Identification; Dyspraxia; Female; Foreign Countries; Handwriting; Higher Education; Humans; Identification; Israel; Male; Mass Screening; Medical sciences; Motor Skills Disorders - diagnosis; Motor Skills Disorders - rehabilitation; Physical Disabilities; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychomotor Skills; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reference Values; Screening; Screening Tests; Surveys and Questionnaires; Techniques and methods; Test Construction; United Kingdom; Young Adult; Young people; United Kingdom; Israel; Asia; Europe; Screening; Adults; Dyspraxia; Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD); Assessment; Social environment; Questionnaire; Multicenter study; Internal consistency; Developmental Co-ordination Disorder; Developmental disorder; Construct validity; Convergent validity; Adult; Neurological disorder; Psychometric standardization; Human; Evaluation; Nervous system diseases; DCD; Psychometrics; Medical screening; Test reliability; Test validation; Young adult; Test construction; Developmental coordination disorder
• ISSN: 0891-4222; 1873-3379
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.08.010

Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), also known as Dyspraxia in the United Kingdom (U.K.), is a developmental disorder affecting motor co-ordination. In the past this was regarded as a childhood disorder, however there is increasing evidence that a significant number of children will continue to have persistent difficulties into adulthood. Despite this, there remains little information as to how the difficulties might present at this stage, and additionally the impact on every day functioning. As young people move into further and higher education there is a need for screening and assessment tools. Such tools allow for identification of these difficulties, access to support, and clarification of areas where appropriate support needs to be targeted. This paper describes the first adult screening tool for DCD. The development and the results from testing this tool in two countries, Israel and the U.K. are outlined and the implications for its use in further and higher education discussed.