Early Signs of Autism
Article Sources
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6. Motor Skills
Motor skills relates to how a person moves, balances, performs coordinated activities, manipulates objects, and uses their hands to do minute tasks. Motor skills can be categorized into gross motor skills (jumping, running, skipping, etc.) and fine motor skills (tying shoes, threading a needle, etc.).
It is thought that motor skills could be affected by an actual issue in the area of the brain that controls motor skills. It is also thought that a preference for isolation and poor social skills in children with Autism will cause the child to not participate and therefore decrease their practice of motor skills. Infants may display limited moving about, sometimes abnormal muscle tone, or abnormal postures or movements while toddlers and older will display more generalized motor skill issues.3Webb, Sara Jane, and Emily J H Jones. “Early Identification of Autism: Early Characteristics, Onset of Symptoms, and Diagnostic Stability.” Infants and young children vol. 22,2 (2009): 100-118. doi:10.1097/IYC.0b013e3181a02f7f
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