Rethinking autism: Implications of sensory and movement differences for understanding and support

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Donnellan, Anne M ^a   Hill, David H ^b   Leary, Martha R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Tri County Regional School Board   (Canada)

^c Private Practice   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism: Movement perspective; Autism: Neurological implications; Autism: Sensory motor difficulties; Autism: Sensory movement differences

Indexed keywords

AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CATATONIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMFORT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DSM-IV; ECHOLALIA; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84871345395     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00124     Document Type: Article

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