Physical activity in children with autism spectrum disorders
| Main Authors: | Wieczorek, Marta, Sadziak, Aleksandra |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
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, 2017
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https://zenodo.org/record/291824 |
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- Wieczorek Marta, Sadziak Aleksandra. Physical activity in children with autism spectrum disorders. 2017;7(2):222-238. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291824 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4263 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 754 (09.12.2016). 754 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.02.2017. Revised 03.02.2017. Accepted: 05.02.2017. AKTYWNOŚĆ FIZYCZNA DZIECI ZE SPEKTRUM AUTYZMU PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS Marta Wieczorek, Aleksandra Sadziak Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu, Polska Adres do korespondencji: Dr hab. Marta Wieczorek, prof. AWF Katedra Pedagogiki Kultury Fizycznej AWF we Wrocławiu, ul. Witelona 25 51-617 Wrocław marta.wieczorek@awf.wroc.pl Tel. 71/3473111 ABSTRACT PURPOSE Physical activity has been defined as each physical effort, that is muscular work, with a range of functional changes in the body that accompanies it. It is a significant factor in the proper development of humans and a component of a healthy lifestyle. Exercise is also an intrinsic element of rehabilitation for persons with various types of disabilities; one of them is autistic disorder where difficulties in social interactions, disorders in communication and occurrence of limited, stiff, stereotypical behaviour patterns are present. In this paper children with autism are the subject of interest, whereas its object is physical activity in this group. The cognitive objective is to present forms of physical activity that are available and practiced by these children. The practical objective is to expand knowledge on this subject among autistic children. MATERIALS AND METHODS The tests were carried out among parents of autistic children writing blogs concerning their children. The research method was a diagnostic poll, the tool was an independent (own) interview. Information on ten boys with autism spectrum have been presented in the paper. RESULTS Information concerning undertaken forms of physical activity among autistic boys was specified. The types of activity available and viable in autistic disorders were described. None of the boys whose details have been specified in the present work understands the rules of team sport games. All subjects, however, feel good in water environment. All subjects have sensory integration disorders, which to a large extent limits the taking up of specific forms of exercise. CONCLUSIONS Physical activity is a very important stimuli in autistic children’s development. Developmental characteristics in autistic children is connected with the type of physical activity undertaken by them.