Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder

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Autor(a) principal: Caminha,Roberta Costa
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Lampreia,Carolina
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882012000200014
Resumo: Among the many lines of research related to autism, investigations of sensory dysfunction have recently gained attention. The objective of this article is to briefly review the main findings of sensory deficits in autism, raise possibilities of early identification research in the area, and discuss the significance of these sensory problems for the understanding of autism. A review of the scientific literature with regard to sensory problems in autism was performed. A review of autobiographical reports of high-functioning autistic individuals was also performed. This review showed that sensory problems have always been mentioned in the autism literature, but their relevance has been underestimated. Scientific research and autobiographical reports suggest a high prevalence of sensory problems in autism. Although not yet considered in the official diagnosis of autism, sensory problems appear to not only exert a considerable impact on the configuration of the disorder but also directly influence autistic persons in their daily lives. Such impairments may begin to be thought of as fundamental in autism. However, these characteristics deserve to be further investigated by researchers who are dedicated to the study of autism.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
title Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
spellingShingle Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
Caminha,Roberta Costa
autism
sensory problems
triad of impairment
early identification
autobiographical reports
title_short Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
title_full Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
title_fullStr Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
title_full_unstemmed Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
title_sort Findings on sensory deficits in autism: implications for understanding the disorder
author Caminha,Roberta Costa
author_facet Caminha,Roberta Costa
Lampreia,Carolina
author_role author
author2 Lampreia,Carolina
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Caminha,Roberta Costa
Lampreia,Carolina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv autism
sensory problems
triad of impairment
early identification
autobiographical reports
topic autism
sensory problems
triad of impairment
early identification
autobiographical reports
description Among the many lines of research related to autism, investigations of sensory dysfunction have recently gained attention. The objective of this article is to briefly review the main findings of sensory deficits in autism, raise possibilities of early identification research in the area, and discuss the significance of these sensory problems for the understanding of autism. A review of the scientific literature with regard to sensory problems in autism was performed. A review of autobiographical reports of high-functioning autistic individuals was also performed. This review showed that sensory problems have always been mentioned in the autism literature, but their relevance has been underestimated. Scientific research and autobiographical reports suggest a high prevalence of sensory problems in autism. Although not yet considered in the official diagnosis of autism, sensory problems appear to not only exert a considerable impact on the configuration of the disorder but also directly influence autistic persons in their daily lives. Such impairments may begin to be thought of as fundamental in autism. However, these characteristics deserve to be further investigated by researchers who are dedicated to the study of autism.
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