AbstractDevelopmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is classified as a heterogeneous disorder of motor learning and functioning. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the current knowledge of DCD using the International Clas-sification of Functioning and Disability Framework (ICF) model of disability. Since DCD is diagnosed on the basis of functional problems, we discuss the relationships between known activity limitations and participation restrictions, im-pairments of body structure and function, and contextual
factors associated with these functional limitations. We con-clude that themanifestation of both the primary and secondary problems seen inDCDare dependent on the integrity, capacity and adaptability of cognitive and neuromotor structures. We assert that personal and environmental factors either facilitate or restrict skill acquisition and learning. Understanding the interaction between individual and contextual factors is, thus, fundamental to designing interventions that address primary functional problems and ameliorate the development of health and psychosocial impairments in DCD. KeywordsDevelopmental CoordinationDisorder. International Classification of Functioning. Impairments.
ActivityLimitations. ParticipationRestrictions. Personal Factors. Environment Factors. Ecological.Intervention