MOTOR DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THE MOTOR SKILLS IN AGE 3

The aim of this study is to assess the motor development of children with autism and their problems with motor skills in the light of literature. Fine motor skills and gross motor skills that children around the age of three can do were presented with tables in the light of literature review. Those concerned may compare their children's skills with these skills and they may have knowledge about their children's motor skills by observing. When the literature is reviewed, the problems with the motor development of children with autism come up with various motor problems. In addition, frequency of problems with motor skills increases the importance of motor development and problems in the diagnosis of autism. Consequently, it is observed that the researches about autism and motor development haven't made clear the questions and problems in this field yet. While the presence of researches oriented to specific age range (e.g. 2-6) is limited, scarcely any research has been done that is oriented any specific age (e.g. 3). Increasing the number of researches which identify the motor skills of a specific age and which are oriented to locating the place of children with autism within this age is necessary to describe the problems of this field clearly.