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Motor deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-syndrome study (2014)
Journal Article
McPhillips, M., Finlay, J., Bejerot, S., & Hanley, M. (2014). Motor deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-syndrome study. Autism Research, 7(6), 664-676. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1408

Recent research suggests that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience some level of motor difficulty, and that this may be associated with social communication skills. However, other studies show that children with language impairment... Read More about Motor deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-syndrome study.

Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition (2014)
Journal Article
Hanley, M., Riby, D., McCormack, T., Carty, C., Coyle, L., Crozier, N., …McPhillips, M. (2014). Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(7), 908-924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.03.020

Eye-tracking studies have shown how people with autism spend significantly less time looking at socially relevant information on-screen compared to those developing typically. This has been suggested to impact on the development of socio-cognitive sk... Read More about Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition.