Motor Skills in Children Aged 7–10 Years, Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This study used the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC2) to assess motor skills in children aged 7-10?years with autism (n?=?18) in comparison to two groups of age-matched typically developing children; a receptive vocabulary matched group (n?=?19) and a nonverbal IQ matched group (n?=?22). The results supported previous work, as indicated by a significant general motor impairment in the group with autism. However, sub-analysis of the M-ABC2 revealed that there were only 2 out of 8 subcomponent skills which showed universal significant specific deficits for the autism group; i.e. catching a ball and static balance. These results suggest that motor skill deficits associated with autism may not be pervasive but more apparent in activities demanding complex, interceptive actions or core balance ability.     

Homicide Incidents Involving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as Victims Reported in the US News Media, 2000–2019

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Recent research indicates that children with autism are at increased risk of maltreatment. We examined news media reports on homicide incidents...     

Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (MCST,MWCST): Normative Data in Children 4–13 Years Old,According to Classical and New Types of Scoring

According to Nelson's (1976) criteria, the MCST (MWCST) is a simplification of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). As the MCST is particularly suitable for children, the aim of this study was to establish the normative data presently lacking for that group. The MCST was administered to 1126 normal children aged 4 to 13 years. Scoring was based on all the classical parameters, according to existing criteria, plus two new ones that we propose (“categorizing efficiency” and “categorizing efficiency plus”). Strong correlation (or inverse correlation) with age is found for most parameters, including all criteria used for perseverative responses. This does not occur for “failure to maintain set,” calculated according to the usual criteria. “Categorizing efficiency” and “categorizing efficiency plus” avoid the ceiling effect occurring at higher ages in the parameter categories. The MCST may be used in children 4 years of age and above. Most, but not all, of its parameters show regular improvement with age, demonstrating their validity. However, our data suggest that a participant's performance on the MCST may be based essentially on two parameters: categorizing efficiency (or categorizing efficiency plus), measuring the participant's ability to categorize, and perseverative errors (or percent perseverative errors), measuring his or her difficulty in shifting, both considered typical executive functions.     

American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children 42nd Annual Meeting Eden Roc hotel and Marina Miami beach,Florida February 10–13, 1991 The way to clinical excellence with children in the nineties

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American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children 42nd Annual Meeting Eden Roc hotel and Marina Miami beach, Florida February 10–13, 1991 The way to clinical excellence with children in the nineties