Action Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Preschool Age: A Pilot Study

Autor/inn/en	Sano, Misako; Yamaguchi, Kaori; Fukatsu, Reiko; Hoshiyama, Minoru
Titel	Action Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Preschool Age: A Pilot Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 66 (2020) 4, S.289-295 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2047-3869
DOI	10.1080/20473869.2019.1580472
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Psychomotor Skills; Imitation; Young Children; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Asperger Syndrome; Neurological Impairments; Developmental Delays; Verbal Communication; Foreign Countries; Japan; Social Responsiveness Scale; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Frühe Kindheit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Asperger-Syndrom; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Ausland
Abstract	Objectives: Motor deficits related to imitation have been observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients. This pilot investigation focused on motor performances, including daily tool-use actions, performing an action in the absence of the tool, and imitating (copying tool-use action presented visually), in eight children with ASD and eight children with typical development (TD), with all of pre-school age (4-6 years). Methods: Motor performances were compared between the children with ASD and TD. Differences between an actual tool-use action and performing a tool-use action without the tool according to verbal instruction were also assessed between the groups. Results: Children with ASD showed impairments in imitating, but their actual tool-use actions and tool-use actions without tools following verbal instruction were not different from those of TD children. The spatial error rate in the tasks was higher in children with ASD. Conclusions: The present study indicates that disturbance in imitating actions appears by the age of 4-6 years in children with ASD, possibly as a characteristic symptom affecting motor performance at pre-school age. Generalized apraxia might follow by the age of 8 years or older. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01