The peripheral flow of information from movement patterns is disrupted in autism spectrum disorders, according to our findings (see link). This disruption is present regardless of age, verbal capabilities, and gender. The motion patterns recorded at the peripheral limbs in a any given participant with a diagnosis of ASD in our study was at the level of a typically developing 3 year old child. I ask to what extent we can use motion patterns of variability to disentangle corrupted motor output and problematic re-afferent sensory prediction. These movement patterns could be changed in each of the 25 of these children where we tried. Their movement patterns were steered from noisy and random towards reliable and predictable. We did so in a different work and found permanent gains weeks later in decision making and self-autonomy. We think that physiologists can help autism research and treatments immensely. Can we join forces across fields to tackle these issues?

http://www.frontiersin.org/Integrative_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnint.2013.00032/full