ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|60 pages
The Big Question
chapter |4 pages
Concluding Remarks to Section I
section II|90 pages
Basic Research
chapter 5|16 pages
More Than Meets the Eye
chapter 7|16 pages
ADOS
chapter 9|12 pages
The Gap between Intention and Action
section III|74 pages
Let’s Get the Math Right to Improve Diagnosis, Research, and Treatment Outcomes
chapter 11|12 pages
Excess Success for a Study on Visual Search and Autism
chapter 14|8 pages
Micromovements
section IV|66 pages
The Therapeutic Model
chapter 15|14 pages
Rhythm and Movement for Autism Spectrum Disorder
section V|88 pages
Autism, the Untold Story from the Perspectives of Parents and Self-Advocates
