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ERIC Number: EJ1460746
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3432
Available Date: 2024-03-05
Sensorimotor Features and Daily Living Skills in Autistic Children with and without ADHD
Emily C. Skaletski1,2; Kelly Barry2,3; Elizabeth Dennis2,3; Ryan Donnelly2,3; Celina Huerta2,3; Andrez Jones2,3; Kate Schmidt2,3; Sabrina Kabakov2,3; Karla K. Ausderau2,3; James J. Li2,4; Brittany G. Travers2,3
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v55 n3 p1088-1100 2025
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) commonly co-occurs in autistic children. However, additional research is needed to explore the differences in motor skills and sensory features in autistic children with and without ADHD, as well as the impacts of these factors on daily living skills (DLS). This observational study sought to fill this gap with 67 autistic children (6.14-10.84 years-old), 43 of whom had ADHD. Autistic children with ADHD demonstrated higher sensory features and lower motor skills than autistic children without ADHD. In examining autism and ADHD features dimensionally, we found that overall sensory features, seeking, and hyporesponsiveness were driven by both autism and ADHD features, whereas motor skills, enhanced perception, and hyperresponsiveness were driven by only autism features. Additionally, in using these dimensional variables of autism and ADHD features, we found that differences in motor skills, sensory and autism features, but not ADHD features, impact DLS of autistic children, with autism features and motor skills being the strongest individual predictors of DLS. Together, these results demonstrate the uniqueness of motor skills and sensory features in autistic children with and without ADHD, as well as how autism features, sensory features, and motor skills contribute to DLS, emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive understanding of each individual and complexities of human development when supporting autistic children.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: P30HD003352; U54HD090256; P50HD105353; R01HD094715
Author Affiliations: 1University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Kinesiology, Madison, USA; 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Waisman Center, Madison, USA; 3University of Wisconsin- Madison, Occupational Therapy Program in the Department of Kinesiology, Madison, USA; 4University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Psychology, Madison, USA