January 2017

Children with autism spectrum disorder and physical activity: A descriptive synthesis

The purpose of this literature review was to describe research on strategies used in engaging children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in physical activity. Keyword searches were used to identify articles from selected electronic databases over a 25-year period from 1990 through 2015. Thirty-five articles met all inclusion criteria. These studies were retrieved, reviewed, coded, analyzed thematically, and...

Author(s): Seo H. Lee and Samuel R. Hodge