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Hauck, 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
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Cornish, K. M.; McManus, I. C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
A study of children (ages 3-5 and 11-13) with autism (n=35), learning disabilities (n=26), or no disabilities (n=90) found that the nondisabled children were more lateralized than others in degree and consistency of handedness. No evidence was found of a dissociation of hand skill and hand preference in children with autism, compared to others.…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Etiology, Handedness
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Manjiviona, Janine; Prior, Margot – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1995
This study found that motor impairment levels of 12 Asperger syndrome children and 9 high functioning autistic children (ages 7-17) did not differ. Intelligence level was negatively correlated with motor impairment. Fifty percent of Asperger children and 67% of children with autism showed a clinically significant level of motor impairment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Children
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Hughes, Claire – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
Subjects with autism (n=36) were assigned a simple "reach, grasp, and place" task. Comparison with nonautistic children who had mental retardation and younger normally developing children found that the autistic subjects had problems in executing goal-directed motor acts even in very simple situations, suggesting an independent and marked…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Siegel, Bryna; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1986
A method for empirical classification of autistic and autisticlike children, based on behavior observations of 35 males and 11 females (ages 4-28 years) was examined. Factor and cluster analysis indicated four subtypes, characterized by perseverative thinking and play, motor disturbances, schizotypal/schizoid features, and anxiety and negativism.…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Autism, Behavior Rating Scales