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Early trajectories of motor skills in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder

Early trajectories of motor skills in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder Delays in motor development are not considered a core feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet, recent studies of infant siblings of children with ASD suggest that early delays in motor skills may be associated with later delays in developmental areas considered to be core features of an ASD diagnosis. While these studies demonstrate the longitudinal association between core features and motor delays observed at single time points, there is considerable interest in studying the trajectories of motor development over the first 3 years of life. To accomplish this, we investigated early trajectories of motor development in a cohort of 499 infant siblings of children with ASD and 176 children with no family history of ASD. Data for the current study were drawn from the prospective, multi‐site, Canadian Infant Sibling Study. We evaluated trajectories of fine and gross motor development over the first 3 years using group‐based trajectory modeling. Our results show that membership for both fine and gross motor trajectory groups was related to expressive language skills, receptive language skills, ASD symptom severity scores, and diagnostic classification at age 3. These results provide evidence that the trajectory of a child's early motor development may have important prognostic implications in ASD. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Autism Research Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2022 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals LLC.
ISSN
1939-3792
eISSN
1939-3806
DOI
10.1002/aur.2641
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Abstract

Delays in motor development are not considered a core feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet, recent studies of infant siblings of children with ASD suggest that early delays in motor skills may be associated with later delays in developmental areas considered to be core features of an ASD diagnosis. While these studies demonstrate the longitudinal association between core features and motor delays observed at single time points, there is considerable interest in studying the trajectories of motor development over the first 3 years of life. To accomplish this, we investigated early trajectories of motor development in a cohort of 499 infant siblings of children with ASD and 176 children with no family history of ASD. Data for the current study were drawn from the prospective, multi‐site, Canadian Infant Sibling Study. We evaluated trajectories of fine and gross motor development over the first 3 years using group‐based trajectory modeling. Our results show that membership for both fine and gross motor trajectory groups was related to expressive language skills, receptive language skills, ASD symptom severity scores, and diagnostic classification at age 3. These results provide evidence that the trajectory of a child's early motor development may have important prognostic implications in ASD.

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Autism ResearchWiley

Published: Mar 1, 2022

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; elevated likelihood; infant; language; motor skills

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