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Peer reviewedCornish, 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
Peer reviewedMiyahara, Motohide; Tsujii, Masatsugu; Hori, Miwako; Nakanishi, Kazunori; Kageyama, Hidenori; Sugiyama, Toshiro – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
A study compared the motor coordination of 26 Japanese children (ages 6-15) with Asperger syndrome and 14 with learning disabilities using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children. Although no relationship was found between intellectual and motor function, both groups demonstrated motor delay. Children with autism had poorer ball skills. (CR)
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Children, Early Adolescents
Peer reviewedGunter, Helen L.; Ghaziuddin, Mohammad; Ellis, Hadyn D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
Eight participants with Asperger syndrome (AS) (ages 10-41) were assessed in the following areas: the pragmatics of language and communication; verbal and visual memory; visual-spatial abilities; and bimanual motor skills. Results confirmed the close similarity in the neuropsychologic profiles of non-verbal learning disabilities syndrome and AS.…
Descriptors: Adults, Asperger Syndrome, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children
