Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: by Olga Bogdashina

By Olga Bogdashina

The facility to understand correctly stimuli within the surroundings is simple to many parts of educational, communicative and social functioning. even supposing individuals with autism dwell within the comparable actual international and take care of an identical 'raw fabric' their perceptual global seems strikingly varied from that of non-autistic humans. it really is broadly stated that autistic humans have 'unusual' sensory perceptual reports which can contain hypo- and allergy, fluctuation among varied 'volumes' of notion and hassle studying a feeling. during this booklet, Olga Bogdashina makes an attempt to outline the function of sensory perceptual difficulties in autism pointed out by means of autistic participants themselves. usually missed through many execs, this can be one of many major difficulties highlighted via autistic contributors. This booklet singles out attainable styles of sensory studies in autism and the cognitive transformations attributable to them. the ultimate chapters are dedicated to evaluate and intervention concerns with useful techniques for choosing acceptable tools and strategies to dispose of the issues and increase the strengths. Sensory Perceptual matters in Autism and Asperger Syndrome is key to academics and different pros operating with autistic participants to completely understand sensory perceptual ameliorations in autism. This booklet may also help readers decide upon applicable tools for facing autistic members. moreover, mom and dad of autistic participants and autistic person themselves will locate the knowledge will allow them to begin suitable recommendations and environmental alterations to facilitate greater studying.

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A sight/sound/smell that causes one child pain may be pleasurable to another. All senses can be affected. Some people might find many noises and bright lights nearly impossible to bear; for others certain noises (children’s voices, car horns, a kettle whistling) and the pitch of some sounds might cause a lot of discomfort. A woman with Asperger syndrome cannot tolerate somebody whistling. She describes it as a ‘physical abuse’ because whistling causes her body to tremble and even ache. Besides, not only certain sounds but also any sudden unpredictable sounds can be painful.

The endolymph presses on the nerve endings behind the wall of each canal and sends the message to the brain. The sense of balance is backed up by our vision and by the proprioceptors. It is much more difficult to balance on one foot with the eyes closed. When we spin, we often feel dizzy because the brain receives confusing messages about the position of the body. It takes time for babies to develop coordination between the sense of balance, sight and proprioceptors. 2 The ear The ear consists of three parts – the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.

E. have the ability to cohere. The authors interpret these findings as the confirmation of Happe’s (1999) notion about coherence being a continuum and representing a cognitive style. Whether it is a cognitive style or a perceptual style, we cannot talk about a continuum here, as one and the same person seems to be able to display both styles at different times. Thus the overflow of sensory information that cannot be filtered and/or processed simultaneously may cause distortions in perception. Gestalt perception may result in different sensory experiences and compensatory strategies (voluntary and involuntary) the person acquires in order to cope with sensory information overload.

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