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Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published on: April 22, 2015
Heightened sensory sensitivity and subsequent engagement among individuals with ASD
Lucy Barnard-Brak1, Amy Hutchison1, Caitlin Renda1
1University of Alabama, PO Box 870232, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA.
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The literature on sensory sensitivity with respect to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder continues to evolve with mixed results. The current study examines the influence of reported sensory sensitivities with engagement across time of students with ASD while participating in physical computing, or robotics activities, and computer programming. The results of the current study indicate that among those individuals with a heightened sensory sensitivity, an increase in the number of sessions was associated with increased engagement. This statistically significant result was able to be recovered via 1000 replications as simulated, further supporting the results of the current study. However, results according to specific modality of sensory sensitivity were statistically non-significant or not replicable when statistically significant. The current study demonstrates the power of simulation techniques when results are from small but meaningful samples. This brief report suggests the use of simulation techniques to provide greater generalizability.
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