Journal Monitor: Psychology Selection

Abstract

The primary aim of this study was to explore the usefulness of sensory-motor behaviours as potential predictors of autism during the infancy period (9-12 months). Although there are extensive reports on the presence of sensory-motor difficulties in older children with autism, as well in retrospective accounts of the infancy period based on medical or parental reviews, the qualitative aspects of sensory-motor skills that may be disrupted in the early (under the age of 2 years) development of children with autism have not been studied in detail.