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Relations between Physical Fitness and School-Day Physical Activity Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Tyler, Kiley J.

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Background. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social-communicative deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviors, interests, or activities (APA, 2013). While current estimates suggest 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with ASD, more alarming statistics indicate 1 in 50 school-aged children live with the disorder (Blumberg, Bramlett, Kogan,...

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Dissertation

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, Erica Twardzik, Samantha Ross, Jessica Hamm, and Jen Beamer and to her undergraduate students Willie
Motor Skill Proficiency, Performance and Participation in Children with Physical Disabilities

Creator:

Ross, Samantha M.

Abstract:

Background: Mastery of fundamental motor skills (FMS) in childhood is proposed to facilitate participation in physical activity (PA) opportunities, through context-specific application of FMS (Clarke & Metclafe, 2002; Stodden et al., 2008). Children with disabilities impacting motor skill development thus are at greater risk for low PA participation. Evidence indicates...

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Masters Thesis

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, Kiley Tyler, Erica Twardzik, Amanda Tepfer and Willie Leung for being a sounding board for ideas and