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Bartosz Bagrowski, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, PolandBartosz Grobelny, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Ewa Mojs, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Abstract
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a psychomotor development disorder, which is associated with motor clumsiness, lack of fluidity of movement, muscle tension disorders, and sometimes involuntary movements. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in turn, is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which is associated with difficulties in social interactions, communication dysfunctions and repetitive or limited behaviours. In ASD, however, more and more attention is paid to sensorimotor aspects of development. Therefore, it seems justified to examine the level of tactile processing and fine motor skills in the group of children with ASD. The study included those functions that were defined by International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The study involved 8 early school children (4 children with ASD and 4 children with DCD), aged 6-7, who were examined in terms of general manual motor skills (ICF: d440), sequencing praxis of hands (ICF: b176), tactile-protopathic processing (ICF: b265) and tactile-epicritic processing (ICF: b1564), using DCDQ (Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire) and SIPT (Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests). It has been shown that children with ASD achieve significantly worse results in the general manual motor skills, sequencing praxis of hands and tactile-epicritic processing than the DCD group. Although DCD is a dysfunction directly related to motor coordination (also fine motor), ASD is associated with even lower results in the fine motor domains. This indicates a clear need to implement hand therapy in groups of children with ASD, in addition to traditional interventions.
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Conference: PCE2025Stream: Mind
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Bagrowski B., Grobelny B., & Mojs E. (2025) Tactile Processing and Fine Motor Skills in Developmental Coordination Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders ISSN: 2758-0962 The Paris Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 57-65) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.5
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.5
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