EARLY EVALUATION OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AUTISM AND ALTERATIONS OF MOVEMENT

Several anomalies in autistic children appearing as clear and permanent movement alterations such as deficiency in coordination, head bending, tiptoe walking, hand gesture and body rocking under the legs, or of the upper body, accompanied by frequent falls. The aim of this work will be to monitor the movement alterations jointly to vital signs in order to investigate the connections between movement disturbances and autism. In particular, this paper would monitor body posture, head bending, hand gesture and vital signs from groups of normal and autistic children in a controlled environment, for making diagnosis and monitoring trend of the therapy.