Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions?
Research in the past decade has produced a growing body of evidence showing that motor abnormalities in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are the rule rather than the exception. The paper by Chinello and colleagues furthers our understanding of the importance of studying motor function...
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| author | Setoh, Peipei Marschik, Peter B. Einspieler, Christa Esposito, Gianluca |
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| description | Research in the past decade has produced a growing body of evidence showing that motor abnormalities in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are the rule rather than the exception. The paper by Chinello and colleagues furthers our understanding of the importance of studying motor functions in ASD by testing a non-clinical population of parents-infant triads. Chinello and colleagues' findings seem to suggest that subclinical motor impairments may exist in the typical population with inherited non-clinical ASD traits. Chinello and colleagues' discovery also urges us to ask why motor abnormalities exist in typically developing infants when their parents present some subclinical ASD traits. We believe that there are at least two possibilities. In the first possible scenario, motor impairments and ASD traits form a single cluster of symptoms unique to a subgroup of individuals with autism. A second possible scenario is that motor atypicalities are the first warning signs of vulnerability often associated with atypical development. In conclusion, Chinello et al.'s findings inform us that subclinical atypical phenotypes such as sociocommunicative anomalies may be related to subclinical motor performances in the next generation. This adds to our knowledge by shedding some light on the relation of vulnerability in one domain with vulnerability in another domain. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/841502020-03-07T12:10:38Z Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? Setoh, Peipei Marschik, Peter B. Einspieler, Christa Esposito, Gianluca School of Humanities and Social Sciences Autism spectrum disorder Motor abnormalities Research in the past decade has produced a growing body of evidence showing that motor abnormalities in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are the rule rather than the exception. The paper by Chinello and colleagues furthers our understanding of the importance of studying motor functions in ASD by testing a non-clinical population of parents-infant triads. Chinello and colleagues' findings seem to suggest that subclinical motor impairments may exist in the typical population with inherited non-clinical ASD traits. Chinello and colleagues' discovery also urges us to ask why motor abnormalities exist in typically developing infants when their parents present some subclinical ASD traits. We believe that there are at least two possibilities. In the first possible scenario, motor impairments and ASD traits form a single cluster of symptoms unique to a subgroup of individuals with autism. A second possible scenario is that motor atypicalities are the first warning signs of vulnerability often associated with atypical development. In conclusion, Chinello et al.'s findings inform us that subclinical atypical phenotypes such as sociocommunicative anomalies may be related to subclinical motor performances in the next generation. This adds to our knowledge by shedding some light on the relation of vulnerability in one domain with vulnerability in another domain. Accepted version 2016-11-24T07:16:56Z 2019-12-06T15:39:23Z 2016-11-24T07:16:56Z 2019-12-06T15:39:23Z 2016 2016 Journal Article Setoh, P., Marschik, P. B., Einspieler, C., & Esposito, G. (2017). Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: Connected or coincidental companions?. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 60, 13-15. 0891-4222 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84150 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41643 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.11.001 195491 en Research in Developmental Disabilities © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Research in Developmental Disabilities, Elsevier. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2016.11.001]. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Autism spectrum disorder Motor abnormalities Setoh, Peipei Marschik, Peter B. Einspieler, Christa Esposito, Gianluca Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? |
| title | Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? |
| title_full | Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? |
| title_fullStr | Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? |
| title_short | Autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities: connected or coincidental companions? |
| title_sort | autism spectrum disorder and early motor abnormalities connected or coincidental companions |
| topic | Autism spectrum disorder Motor abnormalities |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84150 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41643 |
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