Journal article
Motor Skill Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Clinically Focused Review
Current psychiatry reports, v 23(10), pp 64-64
13 Aug 2021
PMID: 34387753
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Abstract
This review synthesizes recent, clinically relevant findings on the scope, significance, and centrality of motor skill differences in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Motor challenges in ASD are pervasive, clinically meaningful, and highly underrecognized, with up to 87% of the autistic population affected but only a small percentage receiving motor-focused clinical care. Across development, motor differences are associated with both core autism symptoms and broader functioning, though the precise nature of those associations and the specificity of motor profiles to ASD remain unestablished. Findings suggest that motor difficulties in ASD are quantifiable and treatable, and that detection and intervention efforts targeting motor function may also positively influence social communication. Recent evidence supports a need for explicit recognition of motor impairment within the diagnostic framework of ASD as a clinical specifier. Motor differences in ASD warrant greater clinical attention and routine incorporation into screening, evaluation, and treatment planning.
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- Title
- Motor Skill Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Clinically Focused Review
- Creators
- Casey J Zampella - Center for Autism and Related DisordersLeah A L Wang - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaMargaret Haley - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaAnne G Hutchinson - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaAshley de Marchena - Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences University of the Sciences Philadelphia PA USA
- Publication Details
- Current psychiatry reports, v 23(10), pp 64-64
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- R01 MH118327 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000685134400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85112418187
- Other Identifier
- 991020100207604721
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