DCD/Dyspraxia in Real Life: Twitter Users' Unprompted Expression of Experiences With Motor Differences

Priscila M. Tamplain; Nicholas E. Fears; Promise Robinson; Riya Chatterjee; Gavin Lichtenberg; Haylie L. Miller

doi:10.1123/jmld.2023-0008

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DCD/Dyspraxia in Real Life: Twitter Users' Unprompted Expression of Experiences With Motor Differences

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DCD/Dyspraxia in Real Life: Twitter Users' Unprompted Expression of Experiences With Motor Differences

Priscila M. Tamplain, Nicholas E. Fears, Promise Robinson, Riya Chatterjee, Gavin Lichtenberg and Haylie L. Miller

Journal of motor learning and development, Vol.11(3), pp.541-554

12/01/2023

DOI: 10.1123/jmld.2023-0008

PMCID: PMC10810317

PMID: 38274159

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Abstract

Little is known about adults' experiences with developmental coordination disorder (DCD; sometimes also referred to as dyspraxia). Social media is an accessible opportunity for those who identify as dyspraxic or as having DCD to provide valuable insight into the lifespan impact of this condition on functional ability, participation, compensatory strategies, and well-being. We used the Twitter research application programming interface to identify users who self-identified with the keywords Developmental Coordination Disorder, #DCD, #dyspraxic (or # dyspraxia), or clumsy in their profile descriptions between October 10 and November 10, 2021. During that period, 818 tweets were harvested with 524 remaining after removing duplicates (e.g., multiple promotions of a single resource) and unrelated tweets. They were labeled according to motor differences (general gross motor skills, movement pain and fatigue, posture and balance, and lower information, and education, intervention, accommodation, and work); or other related topics (stimming and sensory, co-occurrence and diagnostic overlap, cognitive, social and communication speech, and emotional and mental health). The DCD/dyspraxic community has clearly identified a lifelong impact of motor differences across multiple contexts. DCD/dyspraxic Twitter users shared compensatory strategies that could help others, and offered insight into their experience of co-occurring conditions and cognitive/emotional sequelae of motor challenges.

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Title: Subtitle: DCD/Dyspraxia in Real Life: Twitter Users' Unprompted Expression of Experiences With Motor Differences
Creators: Priscila M. Tamplain - The University of Texas at Arlington
Nicholas E. Fears - Louisiana State University
Promise Robinson - The University of Texas at Arlington
Riya Chatterjee - University of Michigan
Gavin Lichtenberg - University of Michigan
Haylie L. Miller - University of Michigan
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of motor learning and development, Vol.11(3), pp.541-554
DOI: 10.1123/jmld.2023-0008
PMID: 38274159
PMCID: PMC10810317
NLM abbreviation: J Mot Learn Dev
ISSN: 2325-3193
eISSN: 2325-3215
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publ Inc
Number of pages: 14
Grant note: National Institute of Mental Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) University of Michigan; University of Michigan System
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/2023
Academic Unit: Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
Record Identifier: 9985219853402771

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