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Dyspraxia consists of a partial loss of the ability to perform purposeful or skilled motor acts in the absence of paralysis, sensory loss, abnormal posture or tone, abnormal involuntary movements, incoordination, poor comprehension, or inattention [1]. The existence of dyspraxia is usually tested by having the patient perform some motor act on command or by imitation.
†Author was deceased at the time of publication. See Obituary p303–304.
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The development work on the Dyspraxia Scale for Adults with Down Syndrome, was supported by Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, a Medical Research Council of Canada grant MA-5364 to Arthur J. Dalton, Ph.D., an Ontario Health Research grant PR-633 to Donald R. Crapper-McLachlan, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), University of Toronto, a USA NICHD grant RO1-HD08993 to Arthur J. Dalton, Ph.D., an NIA grant RO1-AG08849 to Arthur J. Dalton, a grant for Subproject five of NIA Program Project PO1-AG11531 with H.M. Wisniewski as Program Director, and NIA grant RO-1 AG-16381 to Arthur J. Dalton.
The generous contributions of the following investigators who provided Dyspraxia Scale for Adults with Down Syndrome data from their own work as part of Study 2 are also gratefully acknowledged: D.B. Burt, Ph.D., F. Lai, M.D., P.J. Patti, M.A., V.P. Prasher, M.D., N. Shupf, Ph.D., and L. Thorpe, M.D., Ph.D. Y.R. Chen, Ph.D., of the University of Texas, Houston, contributed the analysis of the internal consistency of Study 1. H.F. Andrews, Ph.D., of the New York Psychiatric Research Institute in Manhattan performed the statistical analyses of the internal consistency and a factor analysis of data from Study 2 of the Dyspraxia Scale for Adults with Down Syndrome.
The work would not have been possible without the cooperation and enthusiastic support of the staff, families, and friends of the following agencies in New York State: Pathfinder Village, Inc., Independent Group Home Living, Inc., Columbia County Arc, Young Adult Institute, O.D. Heck and Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Services Offices, New York City Chapter of the New York State Association for the Help of Retarded Citizens. The support of the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, and the New York State Office on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities are also gratefully acknowledged.
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Sano, M., Dalton, A.J. (2018). The Dyspraxia Scale for Adults with Down Syndrome. In: Prasher, V. (eds) Neuropsychological Assessments of Dementia in Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61720-6_5
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