With DCD, do kids tend to engage in excess physical activity or avoid physical activity?

With DCD, do kids tend to engage in excess physical activity or avoid physical activity?

• A. Avoid
• B. Excess physical activity
• C. Neither
• D. Both

Answer: (A)

With DCD, motor coordination problems make activities that require coordinated movement feel effortful and often embarrassing. Because of the increased effort, potential for errors, and fear of embarrassment, many children withdraw from physical activity and sports. They end up participating less in physical activities, not more. So the best answer is that kids with DCD tend to avoid physical activity. Some may still join in low-demand activities or select non-physical pastimes, but the overall pattern is avoidance rather than excess activity.

With DCD, motor coordination problems make activities that require coordinated movement feel effortful and often embarrassing. Because of the increased effort, potential for errors, and fear of embarrassment, many children withdraw from physical activity and sports. They end up participating less in physical activities, not more. So the best answer is that kids with DCD tend to avoid physical activity. Some may still join in low-demand activities or select non-physical pastimes, but the overall pattern is avoidance rather than excess activity.