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The study aimed to know the effect of a training program based on extracurricular activities in the development of the physical and motor intelligence of children with autism spectrum disorder, and to achieve the objectives of the study, the quasi-experimental approach was used, where the study sample consisted of (30) children with autism spectrum disorder for the age group (8) years, and the sample was divided into two equal groups, the experimental group numbering (15) children, and the control group numbering (15) children, and the questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The program consisted of (18) training sessions of four weekly sessions, the duration of each session is (45) minutes. One of the most prominent results of the study is the presence of statistically significant differences between the average scores of children with autism in the control and experimental groups in favor of the experimental group, and it was found that there were no statistically significant differences on the scale of physical and kinetic intelligence according to the variable of concern for children, the most prominent of which is the gender variable. Autism spectrum disorder in the early stages to develop their sensory and motor skills. (Published abstract)