An Insight to Oral Health Condition and Management Strategies in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Oral Health Status of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Compared with Non-authentic Peers

Encouraging Speech and Vocalization in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Technology can improve the life of those with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Specifically, some children with ASD are not fortunate enough to acquire the ability to communicate with language on their own. With language being an important method of communication, socialization, and interacting with the world, these children need researchers to develop new solutions to help teach vocalization ...

Auditory hypersensitivity in children and teenagers with autistic spectrum disorder.

OBJECTIVE To verify if the clinical behavior of auditory hypersensitivity, reported in interviews with parents/caregivers and therapists/teachers of 46 children and teenagers suffering from autistic spectrum disorder, correspond to audiological findings. METHOD The clinical diagnosis for auditory hypersensitivity was investigated by means of an interview. Subsequently, a test of the acoustic ...

Sensory Integration and Autistic Spectrum Disorder

The theory and practice of sensory integration were developed in the late 1960s by an occupational therapist and psychologist, Dr. A. Jean Ayres [1]. Also, known as sensory processing, it is “the neurological process that organizes sensation from one’s own body and from the environment and makes it possible to use the body effectively within the environment” [1].   

Adjustment, sibling problems and coping strategies of brothers and sisters of children with autistic spectrum disorder.

BACKGROUND Siblings of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) express more problem behaviours and experience more difficulties in their relationships than do children in families where all children are developing typically. We know little about what contributes to these difficulties. METHOD Mothers of a child with ASD completed the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991) with respe...