Journal Article

Overlapping Phenotypes in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Cross-Syndrome Comparison of Motor and Social Skills

Hill, Elisabeth L., Sumner, Emma, Leonard, Hayley C.

2016

Overview

Motor and social difficulties are often found in children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), to varying degrees. This study investigated the extent of overlap of these problems in children aged 7–10 years who had a diagnosis of either ASD or DCD, compared to typically-developing controls. Children completed motor and face processing assessments. Parents completed questionnaires concerning their child’s early motor and current motor and social skills. There was considerable overlap between the ASD and DCD groups on the motor and social assessments, with both groups more impaired than controls. Furthermore, motor skill predicted social functioning for both groups. Future research should consider the relationships between core symptoms and their consequences in other domains.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Adjustment (to Environment) / Autism / Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule / Autism Spectrum Disorder - complications / Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic children / Behavior / Behavior Patterns / Behavior Rating Scales / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Bonferroni Procedure / Case-Control Studies / Child / Child and School Psychology / Child development / Children / Children & youth / Comparative Analysis / Control Groups / Coordination / Development and progression / Developmental coordination disorder / Developmental Disabilities / Developmental psychology / Diagnostic Tests / Ecological Factors / Elementary School Students / England (London) / Experimental Groups / Female / Foreign Countries / Genetic aspects / Group Activities / Health aspects / Humans / Identification and classification / Intelligence Tests / Interpersonal Competence / Kruskal Wallis Test / Male / Mann Whitney U Test / Medical diagnosis / Mental Disorders / Motor ability / Motor skill / Motor Skills / Motor Skills Disorders - complications / Motor Skills Disorders - psychology / Neurodevelopmental disorders / Neurosciences / Nonparametric Statistics / Observation / Original Paper / Parent Surveys / Parents / Pattern recognition / Pediatrics / Perceptual Motor Coordination / Performance Based Assessment / Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Phenotype / Phenotypes / Preschool Children / Psychological Patterns / Psychology / Psychomotor Skills / Public Health / Questionnaires / Regression (Statistics) / Resistance (Psychology) / Skills / Social Adjustment / Social Development / Social functioning / Social groups / Social Problems / Social Skills / Statistical Analysis / Studies / Surveys and Questionnaires / Syndrome / Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales / Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children / Young Children