Impact On Adl Skills Through Functional Fitness Training Programme In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to find out whether the physical activity(PA), physical eduction more impactful in ADL activity or the direct ADL activty is more impactful in children with autism spectrum disorder. Study Design: A convenient sampling. Method: Thirty childrens, with a diagnosis of ASD by psychologist. Two groups were divided (Group A) Experimental group and (Group B) Control group. The Experimental group (Group A) received the intervention for 12 weeks of Functional fitness training programmefor 40 mins. And The control group (Group B) received the intervention for 12 weeks, in which they received 20 mins of conventional occupational therapy, and 20 mins of ADL training program in which they were be trained in Basic ADL tasks. The measurement tool used was W-ADL Scale. ThePre-Assessment, Inter-mediate and post Assessment were done. Result: The Experiment group showing a substantial mean difference of 16.47 compared to only 2.40 in the Control group (p < 0.001).Experiment group compared to the Control group, demonstrating the effectiveness of the intervention in improving Activity of Daily Living.