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The Relationship between Motor Skills and Intelligence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Ramos-Sánchez, Carlos Pelayo; Kortekaas, Dianne; Van Biesen, Debbie; Vancampfort, Davy; Van Damme, Tine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study explored the association between intelligence and motor skills in children with ASD after controlling for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the associations between motor impairment and intellectual disability (ID) in this population. In total, 120 children with ASD (3-16 years; 81.7% boys) completed a standardized…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Intelligence, Children, Autism
Perceptual-Motor Contributors to the Association between Developmental Coordination Disorder and Academic Performance: North-West Child Health, Integrated with Learning and Development Study
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de Waal, Elna; Pienaar, Anita E.; Coetzee, Dané – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
Background: Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) portray motor coordination and perceptual difficulties which can hamper daily activity and academic task execution. Aim: This study examined the association between DCD and academic performance, and explored which perceptual and motor coordination skills had the largest…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities, Correlation
Correlates of Academic Overachievement, Nondiscrepant Achievement, and Learning Disability in ADHD, Autism, and General Population Samples
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Mayes, Susan Dickerson; Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Calhoun, Susan L.; Mattison, Richard E. – Exceptionality, 2020
Little is known about the characteristics of academic overachievers, children whose achievement significantly exceeds IQ. Correlates of overachievement (achievement test scores = 1 SD above IQ), nondiscrepant achievement, and learning disability (LD; achievement = 1 SD below IQ) were analyzed in 1,543 children (739 ADHD, 285 autism, and 519…
Descriptors: Overachievement, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism