Main description:

Autism: The Movement Sensing Perspective is the result of a collaborative effort by parents, therapists, clinicians, and researchers from all disciplines in science including physics, engineering, and applied mathematics. This book poses questions regarding the current conceptualization and approach to the study of autism, providing an alternative unifying data-driven framework grounded in physiological factors.

This book reaches beyond subjective descriptions of autistic phenomena and embraces a new era of objective measurements, analyses, and statistical inferences. The authors harness activities from the nervous systems across the brain and body (often in tandem), and introduce a platform for the comprehensive personalized phenotyping of individuals with autism. The impact of this approach is discussed to advance the development of tailored treatments options, enhance the ability to longitudinally track symptomatology, and to fundamentally empower affected individuals and their families. This book encompasses a new era for autism research and treatments, and our continuous effort to collectively empower and embrace the autistic community.

Contents:

Preface............................................................................................................................................xiii

Foreword .........................................................................................................................................xv

Contributors............................................................................................................. .....................xvii

SECTION I The Big Question: Why Study Movement?

Chapter 1 Why Study Movement Variability in Autism? ............................................................3

Maria Brincker and Elizabeth B. Torres

Chapter 2 The Autism Phenotype: Physiology versus Psychology? ..........................................23

Caroline Whyatt

Chapter 3 Can Cognitive Theories Help to Understand Motor Dysfunction in

Autism Spectrum Disorder? .......................................................................................43

Nicci Grace, Beth P. Johnson, Peter G. Enticott, and Nicole J. Rinehart

Concluding Remarks to Section I: Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Approaches to Connect

Cognition and Somatic Motor Sensations ........................57

SECTION II Basic Research: Movement as a Social Model

Chapter 4 Dissecting a Social Encounter from Three Different Perspectives ............................63

Elizabeth B. Torres

Chapter 5 More Than Meets the Eye: Redefining the Role of Sensory-Motor Control on

Social Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorders ..............................................................73

Caroline Whyatt

Chapter 6 Action Evaluation and Discrimination as Indexes of Imitation Fidelity in Autism........89

Justin H. G. Williams

Chapter 7 ADOS: The Physiology Approach to Assess Social Skills and

Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder ........................................................103

Caroline Whyatt and Elizabeth B. Torres

Chapter 8 On the Brainstem Origin of Autism: Disruption to Movements of the Primary Self ..... 119

Jonathan Delafield-Butt and Colwyn Trevarthen

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Chapter 9 The Gap between Intention and Action: Altered Connectivity and

GABA-mediated Synchrony in Autism ...................................................................139

John P. Hussman

SECTION III Let's Get the Math Right to Improve Diagnosis,

Research, and Treatment Outcomes

Preface to Section III: First Things First-Let Us Get the Math Right...................................153

Chapter 10 Non-Gaussian Statistical Distributions Arising in Large-Scale Personalized

Data Sets from Biophysical Rhythms of the Nervous Systems ...............................155

Jorge V. Jose

Chapter 11 Excess Success for a Study on Visual Search and Autism: Motivation to

Change How Scientists Analyze Data......................................................................165

Gregory Francis

Chapter 12 Contemporary Problems with Methods in Basic Brain Science Impede

Progress in ASD Research and Treatments..............................................................177

Elizabeth B. Torres

Chapter 13 Inherent Noise Hidden in Nervous Systems' Rhythms Leads to

New Strategies for Detection and Treatments for Core Motor Sensing

Traits in ASD ...........................................................................................................197

Elizabeth B. Torres

Chapter 14 Micromovements: The s-Spikes as a Way to "Zoom In" the Motor

Trajectories of Natural Goal-Directed Behaviors.....................................................217

Di Wu, Elizabeth B. Torres, and Jorge V. Jose

SECTION IV The Therapeutic Model: Movement as a Percept

to Awaken the Mind

Preface to Section IV ...................................................................................................................227

Chapter 15 Rhythm and Movement for Autism Spectrum Disorder:

A Neurodevelopmental Perspective .........................................................................229

Blythe LaGasse, Michelle Welde Hardy, Jenna Anderson, and Paige Rabon

Chapter 16 Use of Video Technology to Support Persons Affected with

Sensory-Movement Differences and Diversity ........................................................243

Sharon Hammer, Lisa Ladson, Max McKeough, Kate McGinnity, and Sam Rogers

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Chapter 17 Argentinian Ambulatory Integral Model to Treat Autism Spectrum

Disorders...................................................................................................................253

Silvia Baetti

Chapter 18 Autism Sports and Educational Model for Inclusion (ASEMI)...............................271

Marcelo Biasatti and Maximiliano Lombardo

Chapter 19 Reframing Autism Spectrum Disorder for Teachers:

An Interdisciplinary Task.........................................................................................281

Corinne G. Catalano

Concluding Remarks to Section IV............................................................................................289

SECTION V Autism, the Untold Story from the Perspectives

of Parents and Self-advocates

Preface Section V .........................................................................................................................293

Chapter 20 Seeing Movement: Implications of the Movement Sensing Perspective

for Parents ................................................................................................................295

Pat Amos

Chapter 21 Shiloh: The Outstanding Outlier ..............................................................................327

Summer Pierce

Chapter 22 Ada Mae: Our Magical Fairy ...................................................................................333

Jonathan Grashow and Kathryn Grashow

Chapter 23 It's a Girl's Life........................................................................................................339

Jadyn Waiser, Michelle Stern Waiser, and Anita Breslin

Chapter 24 Treat the Whole, Not the Parts.................................................................................347

Chapter 25 Anthony's Story: Finding Normal............................................................................353

Cynthia Baeza

Chapter 26 Autism: A Bullying Perspective...............................................................................357

Sejal Mistry and Caroline Whyatt

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Chapter 27 Turning the Tables: Autism Shows the Social Deficit of Our Society ....................367

Elizabeth B. Torres

Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................379

Index..............................................................................................................................................381