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Comorbid Conditions Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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A rapidly developing topic in the field of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Better understanding, identifying, and assessing these problems are important for researchers and clinicians in the ASD field. This chapter defines the problem and covers relevant research exploring the relationship between ASD and DCD.

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    There is a small but growing body of research in genetics, which supports the idea of shared or common pathways, particularly between DCD and ADHD (Martin et al. 2006) and DCD and ASD (Lichtenstein et al. 2010). Lichtenstein et al.’s twin study, for example, found a genetic correlation between ASD and DCD of 0.71.

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