Caracterização do perfil motor de escolares com transtorno autístico

• Autor(a) principal: Okuda, Paola Matiko Martins [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Misquiatti, Andréa Regina Nunes [UNESP], Capellini, Simone Aparecida [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/educacaoespecial/article/viewFile/1462/1451; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/115045

Thematic focus: The motor abnormalities may be part of so-called comorbidities that can coexist with autistic disorder. Objective: To characterize the motor profile of students with autistic disorder. Method: the study included six children with years and 9 months. After signing the consent form by parents or guardians, the students were submitted to the Motor Development Scale for assessment of fine motor, gross motor performance, balance, body scheme, spatial organization, temporal organization and laterality. Results: The results revealed a significant difference between the motor age and chronological age. According to the classification of the Scale of Motor Development, students in this study showed motor development lower than expected for age. Conclusion: The students with autistic disorder in this study presented a profile of Developmental Coordination Disorder in comorbidity, showing that participants of this research presented difficulties in activities that required skills such as handwriting. Thus, motor and psychomotor needs of these students were focused on educational and clinical environment to reduce the impact of behavioral and social manifestations.