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  2. Sensory processing disorder - Wikipedia

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    Proponents have also claimed that adults may also show signs of sensory processing difficulties and would benefit for sensory processing therapies, [71] although this work has yet to distinguish between those with SPD symptoms alone vs adults whose processing abnormalities are associated with other disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder. [72]

  3. Autism therapies - Wikipedia

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    Unusual responses to sensory stimuli are more common and prominent in children with autism, although there is not good evidence that sensory symptoms differentiate autism from other developmental disorders. [85] Several therapies have been developed to treat sensory processing disorder (SPD). [86]

  4. Outline of autism - Wikipedia

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    Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) – a trademarked proprietary treatment program for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), based on the belief that the development of dynamic intelligence is the key to improving the quality of life for individuals with autism. Son-Rise – a therapy encouraging adults to connect with autistic children.

  5. Conditions comorbid to autism - Wikipedia

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    Unusual responses to sensory stimuli are more common and prominent in individuals with autism, and sensory abnormalities are commonly recognized as diagnostic criteria in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as reported in the DSM-5; although there is no good evidence that sensory symptoms differentiate autism from other developmental disorders. [84 ...

  6. Stimming - Wikipedia

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    An autistic adult (center right) stimming with her hands during the 2015 Erasmus Prize ceremony. Although some forms of stimming behaviors have typically been shown to be healthy and beneficial—as they help regulate intense sensory experiences and emotions, may promote pleasant emotions, and facilitate sense of security— [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ...

  7. Sensory friendly - Wikipedia

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    The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation believes that there may be as many as one in every 20 people living with a sensory processing disorder. [2] Sources debate whether SPD is an independent disorder or represents the observed symptoms of various other, more well-established, disorders.

  8. Diagnosis of autism - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms must be evident early in development, though they may only become noticeable when social demands exceed abilities or may be masked by learned coping strategies later in life. Symptoms cause significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.

  9. Anna Jean Ayres - Wikipedia

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    As an intervention approach, Sensory integration therapy is used as "a clinical frame of reference for the assessment and treatment of people who have functional disorders in sensory processing" (p. 325). [14] Ayres considered sensory integration intervention "a specialty of occupational therapy" (Ayres 1979, p. 155).