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
© 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...
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| author | Zappella, M. Einspieler, C. Bartl-Pokorny, K. Krieber, M. Coleman, M. Bolte, Sven Marschik, P. |
| author_facet | Zappella, M. Einspieler, C. Bartl-Pokorny, K. Krieber, M. Coleman, M. Bolte, Sven Marschik, P. |
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| description | © 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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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-630422018-02-06T06:23:08Z 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 Zappella, M. Einspieler, C. Bartl-Pokorny, K. Krieber, M. Coleman, M. Bolte, Sven Marschik, P. © 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. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63042 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.07.006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd restricted |
| spellingShingle | Zappella, M. Einspieler, C. Bartl-Pokorny, K. Krieber, M. Coleman, M. Bolte, Sven Marschik, P. 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 |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63042 |