Dyspraxia is a disorder that affects your ability to execute motor skills (gross and fine) and your coordination. The symptoms of dyspraxia can be seen as clumsiness, and it used to be known as.

The term dyspraxia is taken from the Greek word 'duspraxia'. 'Praxis' means 'to act'. Dys means impaired, ill or abnormal, so the literal meaning of dyspraxia is ill-doing or abnormal act. Dyspraxia goes by many names: developmental coordination disorder, motor learning difficulty, motor planning difficulty and apraxia of speech.