School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Sep;50(9):3253-3262. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04136-4.
Previous studies measuring praxis abilities in young autistic children have only used praxis measures that were not optimised for autistic individuals. Hence, we used the FAB-R to measure praxis skills in autistic (n = 38) and typically developing (TD) children (n = 38) aged between four and 10 years. Praxis abilities were generally not different between autistic and TD children. However, total dyspraxia and errors during verbal command and tool use were impaired in autistic children from a specialist autistic school (SAS). In contrast, autistic participants from the GC typically did not differ in praxis performance compared to controls. Hence, praxis abilities significantly vary between autistic younger children. Exploring mediating influences of such variability is imperative.
先前研究在评估自闭症儿童动作技能时，仅使用了对自闭症患者优化不足的动作技能测试。因此，我们使用 FAB-R 来评估 4 至 10 岁自闭症（n=38）和典型发育（TD）儿童（n=38）的动作技能。自闭症和 TD 儿童的动作技能通常没有差异。然而，来自特殊自闭症学校（SAS）的自闭症儿童在口头指令和工具使用期间的总运动障碍和错误明显受损。相比之下，来自 GC 的自闭症参与者在动作表现上与对照组相比没有差异。因此，自闭症幼儿的动作技能存在显著差异。探索这种差异的中介影响至关重要。
