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    What do home videos tell us about early motor and socio-communicative behaviours in children with autistic features during the second year of life - An exploratory study

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    Zappella, M.
    Einspieler, C.
    Bartl-Pokorny, K.
    Krieber, M.
    Coleman, M.
    Bolte, Sven
    Marschik, P.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Zappella, M. and Einspieler, C. and Bartl-Pokorny, K. and Krieber, M. and Coleman, M. and Bolte, S. and Marschik, P. 2015. What do home videos tell us about early motor and socio-communicative behaviours in children with autistic features during the second year of life - An exploratory study. Early Human Development. 91 (10): pp. 569-575.
    Source Title
    Early Human Development
    DOI
    10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.07.006
    ISSN
    0378-3782
    School
    School of Occ Therapy, Social Work and Speech Path
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63042
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    Abstract

    © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Background: Little is known about the first half year of life of individuals later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). There is even a complete lack of observations on the first 6. months of life of individuals with transient autistic behaviours who improved in their socio-communicative functions in the pre-school age. Aim: To compare early development of individuals with transient autistic behaviours and those later diagnosed with ASD. Study design: Exploratory study; retrospective home video analysis. Subjects: 18 males, videoed between birth and the age of 6. months (ten individuals later diagnosed with ASD; eight individuals who lost their autistic behaviours after the age of 3 and achieved age-adequate communicative abili ties, albeit often accompanied by tics and attention deficit). Method: The detailed video analysis focused on general movements (GMs), the concurrent motor repertoire, eye contact, responsive smiling, and pre-speech vocalisations. Results: Abnormal GMs were observed more frequently in infants later diagnosed with ASD, whereas all but one infant with transient autistic behaviours had normal GMs (p. < . 0.05). Eye contact and responsive smiling were inconspicuous for all individuals. Cooing was not observable in six individuals across both groups. Conclusions: GMs might be one of the markers which could assist the earlier identification of ASD. We recommend implementing the GM assessment in prospective studies on ASD.

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