Motor skills, visual perception, and visual-motor integration in children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

•Results suggests motor skill deficits among children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).•VP and VMI – as measured in the current study – were not related to motor skills among children and youth with ASD.•VP and VMI – as measured in the current study - are no underlying mechanisms of motor skills deficits of children with ASD.•Diagnostic implications are provided for the evidence of motor skill deficits among children and youth with ASD.