DCD / Dyspraxia in the Workplace
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), often known as dyspraxia, affects motor coordination and the planning and execution of physical tasks. It frequently also affects organisation, time management and processing speed — meaning its impact at work often extends well beyond physical coordination alone.
Because dyspraxia is sometimes still thought of purely as “clumsiness”, its wider effects on organisation, fine motor tasks and processing speed can go unrecognised in the workplace, even where they’re having a real day-to-day impact.
What DCD/dyspraxia often brings to a team
- Strong determination and problem-solving, often developed from adapting tasks to work around coordination challenges.
- Empathy and strong interpersonal awareness.
- Verbal and creative skills, particularly strong storytelling or big-picture thinking.
- Resilience and a strong work ethic.
- Original, out-of-the-box approaches to tasks and problems.
What can get in the way
- Handwriting or typing speed and accuracy.
- Coordination-based physical tasks, or tasks requiring fine motor precision.
- Organising a physical workspace or keeping track of physical materials.
- Fatigue from the extra concentration some tasks require.
- Time management and organisation of multi-step tasks.
Adjustments that tend to help
Every individual is different — the right adjustments come from a proper assessment, not a checklist. These are common starting points.
From first questions to practical support
Starting With the Do-IT Profiler
For organisations looking to identify needs across a wider workforce, the Do-IT Profiler takes a person-centred approach, looking at an individual's overall strengths and challenges across a range of cognitive areas as well as their wellbeing. It produces an individualised report with personalised guidance and practical workplace tools, dependent on the person's unique spiky profile, without requiring a formal appointment or referral process.
The Profiler does not provide a diagnosis. It provides a starting point: a data-informed view of how someone works best, what they find difficult, and what kind of support is worth exploring further. Where the Profiler indicates a need for more, Lexxic's screening and assessment services provide the natural next step. On this page, we focus on the workplace versions of the Profiler, for individuals in education or other settings, visit the full Do-IT Profiler website.
FAQs
DCD/dyspraxia presents differently in every individual — the strengths and challenges above are common patterns, not a checklist. The right next step is usually a conversation, not an assumption.
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