Motor problems in autism: Co‐occurrence or feature?

HL Miller, MK Licari, A Bhat… - … Medicine & Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Motor features of autism have long been acknowledged by clinicians, researchers, and
community stakeholders. Current DSM‐5 and ICD‐11 guidelines allow clinicians to assign a …

Multidimensional motor performance in children with autism mostly remains stable with age and predicts social communication delay, language delay, functional delay …

A Bhat - Autism Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When motor difficulties continue into adolescence/adulthood, they could negatively impact
an individual with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)'s daily living skills, physical fitness, as …

Children with developmental coordination disorders: a review of approaches to assessment and intervention

J Gao, W Song, Y Zhong, D Huang, J Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by deficits in motor skills, with gross and fine motor dysfunction being the main …

Specific tractography differences in autism compared to developmental coordination disorder

E Kilroy, M Gerbella, L Cao, P Molfese, C Butera… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
About 85% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience comorbid motor
impairments, making it unclear whether white matter abnormalities previously found in ASD …

Artificial scaffolding: Augmenting social cognition by means of robot technology

D Ghiglino, F Floris, D De Tommaso… - Autism …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of scaffolding refers to the support that the environment provides in the
acquisition and consolidation of new abilities. Technological advancements allow for …

Sensory modulation in children with developmental coordination disorder compared to autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children

SM Ringold, RW McGuire, A Jayashankar, E Kilroy… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is one of the least studied and understood
developmental disorders. One area that has been minimally investigated in DCD is potential …

Harvesting Twitter data for studying motor behavior in disabled populations: An introduction and tutorial in Python

NE Fears, R Chatterjee… - Journal of motor …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Social media platforms are rich and dynamic spaces where individuals communicate on a
person-to-person level and to broader audiences. These platforms provide a wealth of …

Connectivity differences between inferior frontal gyrus and mentalizing network in autism as compared to developmental coordination disorder and non-autistic youth

A Jayashankar, B Bynum, C Butera, E Kilroy… - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
Prior studies have compared neural connectivity during mentalizing tasks in autism (ASD) to
non-autistic individuals and found reduced connectivity between the inferior frontal gyrus …

Differences in praxis errors in autism spectrum disorder compared to developmental coordination disorder

G Abrams, A Jayashankar, E Kilroy, C Butera… - Journal of Autism and …, 2024 - Springer
This study aimed to better understand how autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and
developmental coordination disorder (DCD) differ in types of praxis errors made on the …

Relationships between Affect Recognition, Empathy, Alexithymia, and Co-Occurring Conditions in Autism

N Raman, SM Ringold, A Jayashankar, CD Butera… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prior studies show differences in empathy and affect-recognition ability between those with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals. Autistic …