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. 1985 Mar;15(1):37-46.
doi: 10.1007/BF01837897.

Motor imitation abilities and neurological signs in autistic children

V Jones, M Prior

Motor imitation abilities and neurological signs in autistic children

V Jones et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

Autistic children were compared with chronological and mental age-matched normal children on two tests of motor imitation and on the Herzig Battery for Non-Focal Neurological Signs. The results indicated that autistic children have significant handicaps in the neurodevelopmental area, with very poor performance on motor imitation tasks and a universal and significant excess of soft signs of neurological dysfunction. Such "dyspraxias" may underlie the failure of these children to learn to use gesture.

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