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Hand Preference and Motor Functioning in Children with Autism.
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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
Hand Preference and Hand Skill in Children with Autism.
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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