Leonard, H.C. and Bedford, R. and Charman, T. and Elsabbagh, Mayada and Johnson, Mark H. and Hill, E.L. and Baron-Cohen, S. and Bolton, P. and Chandler, S. and Garwood, H. and Holmboe, K. and Hudry, K. (2014) Motor development in children at risk of autism: a follow-up study of infant siblings. Autism 18 (3), pp. 281-291. ISSN 1362-3613.
Abstract
Recently, evidence of poor or atypical motor skills in autism spectrum disorder has led some to argue that motor impairment is a core feature of the condition. The current study uses a longitudinal prospective design to assess the development of motor skills of 20 children at increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorder, who were recruited and tested at 9 and 40 months of age, on the basis of having an older sibling diagnosed with the condition. All children completed a range of motor, face processing, IQ and diagnostic assessments at a follow-up visit (aged 5–7 years), providing a detailed profile of development in this group from a number of standardised, parental report and experimental measures. A higher proportion of children than expected demonstrated motor difficulties at the follow-up visit and those highlighted by parental report as having poor motor skills as infants and toddlers were also more likely to have lower face processing scores and elevated autism-related social symptoms at 5–7 years, despite having similar IQ levels. These data lend support to the argument that early motor difficulties may be a risk factor for later motor impairment as well as differences in social communication and cognition, traits that are related to autism spectrum disorder.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | autism spectrum disorder, broader autism phenotype, face processing, infant siblings, motor development |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD) |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2013 11:12 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:07 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/8386 |
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