Motor abilities as a possible specifier of autism: A response to Bhat (2021).

What it found

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Prevalence of Motor Milestone Delays in Autistic Children.JAMA pediatrics · 2025
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2. Motor Control Adherence to the Two-thirds Power Law Differs in Autistic Development.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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3. Motor difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: a report from a cross-national study in Belgian and Italian children.European journal of pediatrics · 2025
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4. Enhanced motor noise in an autism subtype with poor motor skills.Molecular autism · 2024
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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Motor Impairment Increases in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder as a Function of Social Communication, Cognitive and Functional Impairment, Repetitive Behavior Severity, and Comorbid Diagnoses: A SPARK Study Report.2021
• Comment on
  Insufficient evidence for inclusion of motor deficits in the ASD diagnostic criteria: A response to Bhat (2021).2022

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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