Definition and Working Conceptualization of Social Skills -- Multilayered, Bidirectional Approach to Social Dynamics in Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Combining the Psychological and Physiological Perspectives: An Objective Exploration into the Social Dyad -- SPIBA and the Micromovement Data Type -- Affect versus Motor Control? -- Conclusion: What Can This Tell Us? -- References -- 8. On the Brainstem Origin of Autism -- Introduction: Motor Control of the Embodied Self Mediates Autopoesis of Conscious Experience, and Its Consensual Sharing -- Characteristics of Prospective Control of Movement -- Disrupted Movements in Autism -- Movement at the Root of Human Communication and Social Understanding -- Locating Motor-affective Intelligence in the Integrative Work of the Brainstem -- Central Role of Timing and Serial Ordering in Intelligent Moving -- Brainstem Neurophysiological System for Motor Control andCommunication ofMotives -- Neurological Evidence of Brainstem Abnormality Affecting Motor Timing in Autism: The Inferior Olive -- Brainstem Center for Regulation of Social and Emotional Expressions: The Nucleus Ambiguus and Related Systems -- Additional Evidence That Brainstem Disruption in ASD Also Affects Arousal and Social Engagement: The Locus Coeruleus and Related Systems -- Intrinsic and Environmental Factors Affecting ASD through the Course of Development -- Conclusions: Identifying and Supporting Problems Arising from Disruption of Motives for Development of Cognition and Interpersonal Relations -- Methods of Therapy and Education That Support Hopes for Movement -- Questions at the Forefront of Understanding How the Brain for Purposeful Movement Develops and How It Learns -- Appendix: Case History of Case 1 (ReproducedFromBaileyetal. 1998) -- References -- 9. The Gap between Intention and Action -- Introduction -- Diagnostic Considerations