Early Motor Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Are Marked by Less Frequent Hand and Knees Crawling

Our aim in this study was to affirm or negate (quantitatively) our subjective impression of altered hands and knees crawling (H&K crawling) among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Through parental questionnaires children’s health records, we retrospectively compared early motor skills, including the frequency H&K 79 Autistic Asperger Syndrome versus 100 typical development (TD). We found be significantly less frequent ASD (44.2%) TD (69%). Children also showed a decreased acquiring seating position without help later mean walking age children. These data suggest that delays may useful sign for detecting at ages.