Millions of Americans Have My "Invisible Disability." You've Probably Never Heard of It

To live with DCD is to feel perpetually out of sync, to quote the title of the popular book by Carol Stock Kranowitz, an expert in motor and sensory issues-out of sync with the sounds you hear, the movements you intend to make, the space around your body, the concepts people describe, the ways you t...

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Published inMarie Claire (New York, N.Y. : 1994) pp. 56 - 60
Main Author Hollander, Jenny
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bath Future Publishing Ltd 01.02.2023
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Medical diagnosis
Motor ability
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Physical therapy
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Summary:To live with DCD is to feel perpetually out of sync, to quote the title of the popular book by Carol Stock Kranowitz, an expert in motor and sensory issues-out of sync with the sounds you hear, the movements you intend to make, the space around your body, the concepts people describe, the ways you try to say, do, act, and process what surrounds you. "There are so many pieces to DCD," explains Keith A. Coffman, M.D., the director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Before it was labeled a neurodevelopmental disorder, it had been posited to be a psychiatric disorder, a sensory disorder, a social disorder, a variation of cerebral palsy, and even "minimal brain damage." DCD "likely has a baffling quality to most people," says Linda Copeland, M.D., a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and assistant clinical professor at the University of California San Francisco-Fresno.
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ISSN:1081-8626