New
York
(ANI):
English
actor
Daniel
Radcliffe
has
revealed
that
he
suffers
from
dyspraxia,
a
condition
that
can
cause
problems
with
co-ordination.
The
brain
disorder
is
often
associated
with
clumsiness,
and
it
impairs
the
organisation
of
movement.
For
Radcliffe,
even
tying
a
shoelace
has
become
a
problem.
"I
sometimes
think,
''Why,
oh
why,
has
Velcro
not
taken
off?''" the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
him
as
telling
the
Daily
Mail.
"Yes,
Dan
Radcliffe
does
have
dyspraxia.
This
is
something
he
has
never
hidden.
Thankfully
his
condition
is
very
mild
and
at
worst
manifests
itself
in
an
inability
to
ties
his
shoe
laces
and
bad
handwriting,"
News.com.au
quoted
Radcliffe's
representative
as
adding.
The
19-year-old
actor
revealed
that
he
had
become
an
actor
partly
because
his
dyspraxia
meant
he
was
not
successful
at
school.
He
also
revealed
how
his
mother
had
not
been
too
keen
on
him
becoming
a
Thespian,
but
eventually
allowed
him
to
audition
for
the
role
of
young
David
Copperfield
in
a
BBC
special,
in
order
to
boost
his
confidence.
"I
was
having
a
hard
time
at
school
in
terms
of
being
crap
at
everything,
with
no
discernible
talent," he
said.
Radcliffe
got
the
part,
two
years
before
nabbing
the
role
of
boy
wizard
Harry
Potter,
but
it
is
not
known
when
he
was
diagnosed
with
the
illness
and
how
severe
it
is.
Dyspraxia
is
a
life-long
illness
and
in
severe
cases
it
can
affect
a
person''s
motor
skills
and
ability
to
perform
in
stressful
situations.
The
disorder
is
more
common
in
men
than
women.