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Autism & Sensory Stimuli

Panel Discussion

This online video features a panel from MIND Institute at UC Davis discussing the sensory systems of individuals with autism, combining research with a persuasive call for toleranc...

Classifications: Sensory Issues, Advocacy

Online Article

Architecture for Autism

Autism ASPECTSS(TM) in School Design

This online article discusses how environments can be designed with the sensory needs of people on the autism spectrum in mind. It describes seven principles of design for autism,...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Online Article

Autism in Motion

The Relationship between Autism and Motor Coordination Difficulties

This online article discusses the relationship between autism and motor coordination difficulties. It discusses the idea that motor coordination could contribute to social difficu...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Online Article

Auditory Integration Therapy and Other Sound Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

This web page summarizes a research review conducted to investigate the effectiveness of Auditory Integration Therapy (AIT), an approach to treating auditory sensitivities in autis...

Classifications: Evaluating Autism Information, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Coloured Filters and Autism

This online article describes and evaluates coloured filters, including overlays and lenses, which block specific wavelengths of light that might cause visual stress for people on ...

Classifications: Evaluating Autism Information, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Auditory Integration Training and Autism

This online article describes and evaluates the use of Auditory Integration Training (AIT) as an autism intervention. AIT approaches, such as the Bérard Method, the Listening Pro...

Classifications: Evaluating Autism Information, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Stimming and Autism Spectrum Disorder

This online article describes and discusses stimming, or repetitive body movements or sounds made by people on the autism spectrum. It describes some of the reasons why stimming m...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Online Article

Shopping

This online article describes how shopping can be stressful for people on the autism spectrum, and it offers strategies to help address difficulties associated with shopping. Fo...

Classifications: Family Life, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Managing Stress and Anxiety

Supporting People with Autism

This online article describes how sensory stress, stress associated with transition and unpredictability, communication difficulties, and difficulties with social interaction can c...

Classifications: Mental Health, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Auditory Integration Training (AIT)

This online article from Raising Children Network's Parent Guide to ASD Therapies describes and evaluates Auditory Integration Training, which exposes children to challenging sound...

Classifications: Evaluating Autism Information, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Design for Autism

This online article describes how the New Struan School, for students on the autism spectrum in Scotland, was designed with the sensory issues experienced by people on the autism s...

Classifications: Education, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Autism and Sensory Differences

This online article discusses sensory processing differences found in people on the autism spectrum. It provides examples of abnormal sensory experiences and offers some strategie...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Website

Sensory Processing Resource

This website discusses sensory differences in individuals with autism. It describes sensory processing, provides case studies and examples of sensory processing differences in aut...

Classifications: Sensory Issues, Education

Online Article

Sensory Processing

Research Bulletin Issue No. 11

This online document summarizes a number of research studies regarding sensory differences experienced by children with autism. It includes discussion of links between sensory dif...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Online Article

The Challenge of Combining Competing Input in the Classroom

This online article describes how sensory processing difficulties experienced by individuals with autism can affect students' ability to concentrate in classroom settings. The art...

Classifications: Sensory Issues, Education

Online Article

Look Into My Eyes

This online article discusses the theory that sensory sensitivities and the distress and fear associated with sensory stimulation might contribute to autism symptoms in young child...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Online Article

The Relationship between Mealtime Behavior Problems and Family Stress

This online article briefly summarizes a research study which investigated the behavior of children with autism during mealtimes. Children with autism did show more behavior probl...

Classifications: Family Life, Sensory Issues

Online Article

Early Sensory Over-Responsivity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders as a Predictor of Family Impairment and Parenting Stress

This online article summarizes a research study which investigated how sensory over-responsivity (SOR) in young children with autism was associated with family life and parent stre...

Classifications: Sensory Issues, Family Life

Online Article

Can They See It?

Narrower Vision in Children with ASD

This online article summarizes a research study which suggests that children with autism have difficulty perceiving stimuli with their peripheral vision. This finding is interpret...

Classifications: Sensory Issues

Online Article

What do We Know About Noise Sensitivity in Autism?

This online article describes sensory hyper-sensitivities and hypo-sensitivities in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It provides an overview of how auditory informa...

Classifications: Sensory Issues, Related Conditions

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