Current perspectives on motor functioning in infants, children, and adults with autism spectrum disorders

AN Bhat, RJ Landa, JC Galloway - Physical therapy, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are the most common pediatric diagnoses in the United
States. In this perspective article, we propose that a diverse set of motor impairments are …

Profound concerns about “profound autism”: Dangers of severity scales and functioning labels for support needs

SK Kapp - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently the Lancet published a Commission on the future of care and clinical research of
autism, which included a side panel arguing for the adoption of “profound autism”, a term in …

Being versus appearing socially uninterested: Challenging assumptions about social motivation in autism

VK Jaswal, N Akhtar - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019 - cambridge.org
Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

Is motor impairment in autism spectrum disorder distinct from developmental coordination disorder? A report from the SPARK study

AN Bhat - Physical therapy, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Motor impairments are pervasive in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); however,
children with ASD rarely receive a dual diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder …

Relation between early motor delay and later communication delay in infants at risk for autism

AN Bhat, JC Galloway, RJ Landa - Infant Behavior and Development, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Motor delays have been reported in retrospective studies of young infants
who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). OBJECTIVE: In this study, we …

Comorbidity and autism spectrum disorder

MF Casanova, RE Frye, C Gillberg… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This Research Topic consists of 32 articles, contributed by 283 authors, focusing on recent
understanding regarding the impact and management of comorbidities associated with …

A review of “music and movement” therapies for children with autism: embodied interventions for multisystem development

SM Srinivasan, AN Bhat - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The rising incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) has led to a surge in the number
of children needing autism interventions. This paper is a call to clinicians to diversify autism …

Future affective technology for autism and emotion communication

RW Picard - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
People on the autism spectrum often experience states of emotional or cognitive overload
that pose challenges to their interests in learning and communicating. Measurements taken …

Mirror neuron forum

V Gallese, MA Gernsbacher, C Heyes… - Perspectives on …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Vittorio Gallese (VG). To answer this question, we should first clarify how motor acts and
actions are mapped within the cortical motor system and what the notion ofaction …

Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking

KL Marsh, RW Isenhower, MJ Richardson… - Frontiers in integrative …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have significant visuomotor processing
deficits, atypical motoric behavior, and often substantial problems connecting socially. We …