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      Hand preference and motor functioning in children with autism.

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          This study examined three theories that have been proposed to explain the high rates of ambiguous hand preference in young children with autism. Twenty children with autism were matched with 20 children with developmental delays and 20 normally developing children. The groups were compared on measures of hand preference and motor skills. Results indicated that the lack of development of a hand preference in children with autism was not a direct function of their cognitive delay, as the children with developmental delays showed a dissimilar pattern of hand preference. The lack of a definite hand preference in the children with autism was also not due to a lack of motor skill development, as the children with developmental delays displayed similar levels of gross and fine motor skills without the accompanying lack of a definite hand preference. The finding that children with autism with a definite hand preference displayed better performance on motor, language, and cognitive tasks than children with autism who did not display a definite hand preference, however, provided support for the bilateral brain dysfunction hypothesis.

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          Journal
          J Autism Dev Disord
          Journal of autism and developmental disorders
          Springer Science and Business Media LLC
          0162-3257
          0162-3257
          Jun 2001
          : 31
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
          Article
          10.1023/a:1010791118978
          11518481
          e4d5c99c-b794-4530-abfe-46119590b4aa
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