Motor skills, visual perception, and visual-motor integration in children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Motor skill deficits are prevalent among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) however, little is known about the underlying mechanism of these deficits. In response to this gap, study investigated how visual perception (VP) and visual-motor integration (VMI) associated motor skills youth ASD. Sixty-seven individuals ASD sixty-seven age- gender-matched without (age range: 9.83–15.13 years) participated. were assessed Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) VP VMI respective components Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test Visual-Motor Integration-6 (Beery VMI-6). Significantly more in red orange zone MABC-2 traffic-lighting system total Aiming Catching Balance compared Both groups did not differ on Beery VMI-6. Pearson correlations between VMI, weak but significant ASD, group. The current added evidence related skills, suggesting that functions – as measured no mechanisms average intelligence. Diagnostic implications provided