This paper describes how poor balance may be an early symptom of the poor sensory integration seen in children with autism.
Previous research has demonstrated that children with autism have difficulty maintaining an upright balance when their eyes were closed. Some scientists believe that poor balance is a result of incomplete development of the connectivity between the different brain structures that receive different sensory information. This article reports the results of a study designed to determine if children with autism have poor balance and how that balance develops with age. The results indicate that children with autism had poorer balance than other children. Moreover, children with autism were delayed in developing a sense of balance and their sense of balance never achieved typical adult levels.
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