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Koch, Sabine C.; Mehl, Laura; Sobanski, Esther; Sieber, Maik; Fuchs, Thomas – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
From the 1970s on, case studies reported the effectiveness of therapeutic mirroring in movement with children with autism spectrum disorder. In this feasibility study, we tested a dance movement therapy intervention based on mirroring in movement in a population of 31 young adults with autism spectrum disorder (mainly high-functioning and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Movement Education, Motion
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Rutherford, M. D.; Pennington, Bruce F.; Rogers, Sally J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Visual perception may be a developmental prerequisite to some types of social understanding. The ability to perceive social information given visual motion appears to develop early. However, children with autism have profound deficits in social cognitive function and may fail to see social motion in the same way that typically developing children…
Descriptors: Motion, Geometric Concepts, Visual Perception, Developmental Disabilities