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Peer reviewedSmith, Erin Arlene; Van Houten, Ron – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This study compared the occurrence and characteristics of self-stimulatory behaviors of 5 children with developmental delays and 10 nondisabled children (matched for either mental or chronological age). Few differences were found between groups in percentage of time spent in self-stimulatory behavior, the variety of such behaviors, the speed at…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Children, Developmental Delays
Peer reviewedHauck, Joy A.; Dewey, Deborah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This study compared hand preference and motor skills in 20 children with autism with 40 children either typically developing or with developmental delays. Results indicated that the lack of hand preference in children with autism was not a function of their cognitive delay or a lack of motor skills. Results supported the bilateral brain…
Descriptors: Autism, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Developmental Delays
