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Diamond, Adele – Child Development, 2000
Argues that motor and cognitive development may be fundamentally interrelated. Summarizes evidence of close co-activation of the neocerebellum and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in functional neuroimaging, similarities in the cognitive sequelae of damage to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the neocerebellum, motor deficits in…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Brain, Children

Fields, Joyce I. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Assesses Kuwait's progress in meeting the needs of autistic children, discussing the roles of governmental and nongovernmental bodies. Gives an account of the two special schools that are currently known to cater to this disorder. Concludes that little information is available to the general public, and makes recommendations to raise the profile…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development