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A few of those with autism - Asperger have subtle gross and fine motor control difficulties which can be seen in such activities as using a yo-yo, a jump rope, or a trampoline.

What term is most often associated with these subtle motor control difficulties in the United States? Is it the word dyspraxia?

Other?

Experiences?

Dyspraxia is the correct term, yes.

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Agree with you. The term dyspraxia (my view) seems to cover the territory.

http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/

At the same time there appears to be a big business war (2010) where there's an attempt to replace dyspraxia/whatever with:

Sensory Integration Dysfunction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_in ... ysfunction

and/or

Sensory Processing Disorder

SPD is not recognized in any standard medical manuals such as the ICD-10[3] or the
DSM-IV-TR.[4] The committee that prepares the DSM-5 has requested that
additional studies are done before the disorder can be recognized.[2]

On the other hand, SPD is an accepted diagnosis in Stanley Greenspan's
Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood and as Regulation Disorders of
Sensory Processing part of the The Zero to Three's Diagnostic Classification.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_pr ... g_disorder

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It appears the medical profession/part of the medical profession in the United States has gone out of its way to avoid using terms such as:

Dyspraxia
Sensory Integration Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder

and pretends that none of those terms really exist (my view over the years).

http://www.associatedconditionsofcerebralpalsy.com/

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http://www.balametrics.com/
http://www.infinitywalk.org/
http://www.bal-a-vis-x.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Fit

A FEW of those?

Yoyo - I can just about get it to go up and down for a while. End of story - usdually winds up spinning wildly on the end of the string.

Jumprope - never even tried - just watching my sisters doing it convinced me it was impossible unless I wanted a bloody nose andcracked knees. The double rope jumping is just some sort of sleight of hand illusion, like the Indian rope trick - all done with mirrorsm, a physical impossibility.

Trampoline - I can jump up and down about five times, both feet together, maximum gap five inches. Hey - my issues hardly let me jump off a step onto the floor.

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The most unusual account I am aware of which addresses this general topic of body balance is a How To book (1981) about ADHD Inattentive by C. Thomas Wild where he reports an unusual, positive, temporary response to an anti-motion medicine called Bonine (not a cure). He reports a temporary improvement (not a cure) in small aspects in his ability to use a yo-yo, use a jump rope, and use the trampoline. His book is the most reliable account I know of which reports a small improvement (not a cure) in gross and fine motor control. There are dozens of books about the topic in general but they are often only academic explanations/observations vs anything which actually helps. Wild's book reports a temporary improvement due to a FDA approved medicine (not a cure). It is believed to be a rare response to an effective med. Part of the ability to use a yo-yo (etc.) requires sustained attention and sustained, somewhat controlled gross and fine motor movements in three dimensions over time (sensory processing/sensory integration). That's my understanding.