Sensory Responsivity in Children with a Diagnosis of Autism and their typical counterparts
Event Type
Presentation
Start Date
12-1-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
12-1-2020 12:00 PM
Description
Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to explore sensory responsivity in children between the ages of 4 to 10 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by examining parental responses to a Questionnaire to Measure Sensory Responsivity (QSMR) in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States.
Background: Determining the impact of ASD on a global scale is necessary given that research on sensory responsivity in children with ASD and their typical counterparts is limited. Due to the lack of assessment tools intended to measure sensory experiences specific to ASD, there is a need for an assessment tool such as the QMSR which focuses directly on sensory responsivity patterns and its impact on daily activities.
Methods: Using the QMSR, the sensory responsivity of children who are typically developing and children with a diagnosis of ASD were measured in Argentina (n = 701), Brazil (n = 928), and the United States (n = 24).
Results & Conclusion: A total of n=1671 parents participated in the study from Argentina, Brazil, and the United States and 50 cases were excluded from the analysis due to missing data. Results of the QMSR indicate a significantly higher mean score of parental responses of typically developing children in Argentina compared to Brazil, (p < .001). No significant difference was found between the total scores of parents of children with ASD between all three countries (p = .97), suggesting that ASD sensory responsivity symptoms do not vary greatly across samples in different countries. Researchers compared parental responses from age group five to age group ten with Argentina and Brazil data for both the typically developing group and the ASD group. There was no significant difference within the ASD age groups, but parents of typically developing children age group five reported higher levels of hyper-responsivity to tactile experiences compared to typically developing children in the age group ten (p< .001), indicating children with ASD experience more hyper-responsivity across the age groups examined, while typically developing children become less hypersensitive as they age and develop further. Researches also compared parental responses for food selectivity from Argentina and Brazil in the ASD group. Data indicated no significant different in the ASD group between the two countries, (p= 0.101), suggesting that selective eating patterns are a common symptom in children with ASD.
Recommended Citation
Reinoso, G., Brooks, R., Eisele, M., Joseph, A., Kowalske, T., Taylor, T., & Townsend, J. (2020), Sensory Responsivity in Children with a Diagnosis of Autism and their typical counterparts, Presentation, Seventh Annual Research Colloquium, https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ot_colloquium/seventh/events/5
Sensory Responsivity in Children with a Diagnosis of Autism and their typical counterparts
Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to explore sensory responsivity in children between the ages of 4 to 10 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by examining parental responses to a Questionnaire to Measure Sensory Responsivity (QSMR) in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States.
Background: Determining the impact of ASD on a global scale is necessary given that research on sensory responsivity in children with ASD and their typical counterparts is limited. Due to the lack of assessment tools intended to measure sensory experiences specific to ASD, there is a need for an assessment tool such as the QMSR which focuses directly on sensory responsivity patterns and its impact on daily activities.
Methods: Using the QMSR, the sensory responsivity of children who are typically developing and children with a diagnosis of ASD were measured in Argentina (n = 701), Brazil (n = 928), and the United States (n = 24).
Results & Conclusion: A total of n=1671 parents participated in the study from Argentina, Brazil, and the United States and 50 cases were excluded from the analysis due to missing data. Results of the QMSR indicate a significantly higher mean score of parental responses of typically developing children in Argentina compared to Brazil, (p < .001). No significant difference was found between the total scores of parents of children with ASD between all three countries (p = .97), suggesting that ASD sensory responsivity symptoms do not vary greatly across samples in different countries. Researchers compared parental responses from age group five to age group ten with Argentina and Brazil data for both the typically developing group and the ASD group. There was no significant difference within the ASD age groups, but parents of typically developing children age group five reported higher levels of hyper-responsivity to tactile experiences compared to typically developing children in the age group ten (p< .001), indicating children with ASD experience more hyper-responsivity across the age groups examined, while typically developing children become less hypersensitive as they age and develop further. Researches also compared parental responses for food selectivity from Argentina and Brazil in the ASD group. Data indicated no significant different in the ASD group between the two countries, (p= 0.101), suggesting that selective eating patterns are a common symptom in children with ASD.