What is it about?
The clinical impression is that a broad number of Learning Disabiled children (LD) are affected by some movement disturbances. This study try to answer to this old question about the impact of the movement problems on LD, if it imply a wrost academic performance or not
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Why is it important?
Because we could think that motor problems do increase learning problems at school age. This pilot says that incoordination can impact only handwriting legibility, not inducing more writing and reading errors.
Perspectives
In my opinion we would have to increase our ability (and probably will be able) to better differenciate Verbal Learning Disabilities and Motor based Learning Disabilities, that probably have different origins and characteristics...
Carlo Di Brina
Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
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This page is a summary of: Reading and Writing Skills in Children With Specific Learning Disabilities With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder, Motor Control, October 2018, Human Kinetics,
DOI: 10.1123/mc.2016-0006.
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