Co-developing a virtual reality screening tool for developmental coordination disorder

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD, or dyspraxia) is a congenital disorder impacting motor skills in 5-6% of school-age children, often leading to difficulties in physical, social, and emotional development. Traditional diagnostic tools, while effective, can be resource-intensive, stress-inducing, and time consuming. There is potential for the motion tracking capabilities of consumer immersive Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to occupy the gspace' between survey-based screening and formal motor assessment used to diagnose this population. Here, we describe the process for the initial alpha development of motor assessment tasks in VR based on established tasks from literature, and our engagement with dyspraxic adults and children to co-develop a tool which could lay the foundation for a more accessible, objective, and engaging alternative to traditional diagnostic and screening tools.