Federman Dita, Blustein Adi, Rabinowitch Tal-Chen
The School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Children (Basel). 2023 Jun 21;10(7):1091. doi: 10.3390/children10071091.
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder have a unique motor profile, characterized by, for example, unusual posture or compulsive use of the body. However, not much is known about specific characteristics of their physical language, such as their movement direction, their self-touch pattern, etc., and even less is known about these characteristics with regard to their typically developing siblings. In this first of its kind study, we attempted to map the physical language of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and to compare it to their typically developing siblings. To this end, we recruited 12 pairs of siblings, comprising one sibling with a diagnosis of autism and one sibling who is typically developing. The siblings were asked to play for 10 min and were videotaped throughout the interaction. We evaluated the siblings' physical language using Laban's movement analysis. We found significant and substantial differences between the physical language of the children diagnosed with autism and their typically developing siblings. The results are discussed in terms of the implications of the differences in physical language between the two populations and how movement analysis could be important for interventions in order to improve the communication and social abilities of ASD children.
被诊断患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童具有独特的运动特征，例如以不寻常的姿势或强迫性地使用身体为特点。然而，对于他们身体语言的具体特征，比如运动方向、自我触摸模式等，我们了解得并不多，而对于他们发育正常的兄弟姐妹的这些特征，我们了解得更少。在这项同类研究中的首次尝试中，我们试图描绘被诊断患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童的身体语言，并将其与他们发育正常的兄弟姐妹进行比较。为此，我们招募了12对兄弟姐妹，其中一对中的一个被诊断患有自闭症，另一个发育正常。这些兄弟姐妹被要求玩耍10分钟，并在整个互动过程中进行录像。我们使用拉班动作分析来评估这些兄弟姐妹的身体语言。我们发现，被诊断患有自闭症的儿童与他们发育正常的兄弟姐妹在身体语言上存在显著且实质性的差异。我们从这两个人群身体语言差异的影响以及动作分析对于改善自闭症谱系障碍儿童的沟通和社交能力的干预措施如何重要这两个方面来讨论这些结果。
