History[edit]
Collier first described developmental coordination disorder as 'congenital maladroitness'. A. Jean Ayres referred to developmental coordination disorder as a disorder of sensory integration in 1972,[53][54] while in 1975 Dr Sasson Gubbay called it the 'clumsy child syndrome'.[7][26][55] Developmental coordination disorder has also been called minimal brain dysfunction although the two latter names are no longer in use.
Other names include: Developmental Apraxia,[7] Disorder of Attention and Motor Perception (DAMP)[7][26] Dyspraxia,[6] Developmental Dyspraxia,[7] Motor Learning Difficulties,[7][26] Perceptuo-motor dysfunction,[7][26][54] Sensorimotor dysfunction.[7]
The World Health Organisation currently lists developmental coordination disorder as Specific Developmental Disorder of Motor Function.[6]