Sensory Hypersensitivity and/or Hyposensitivity in Autism
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- Babs42
- olga202
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» Babs42 - finding a way
hi Olga.Your article is certainly an eye opener for a lot of people who have not been aware, up to now of the difficulties autistic people have.
Is it possible for a person to have hypo and hyper qualitieeg eg:-hyper sensitive to noise but hypo visually.
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» olga202 - Re: finding a way
In response to message posted by Babs42:Hi, Babs
Each sensory channel can be affected in a different way, e.g., a child can be hypovisual, hyperauditory, hypo to taste, etc. Besides, often one and the same person can experience sensory inputs of one and the same channel at different times differently because the intensity the channels work often fluctuate. A child who appears deaf on one occasion may overreact to a light auditory stimulus on the other occasion, etc.
Good luck to you and keep in touch.
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» lizzy2660 - Re: Re: finding a way
In response to Re: finding a way posted by olga202:DeaOlgaga, I have been reading your book Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and AS. My son is very much hypo on most of this. My problem is that I am trying to explain to his OT (who only sees him about once a year) that he has this problem. She says it is difficult to say this as it could be hibehaviorur. I am confused at this as my son has a diagnosis of autism with severe learning disabilities and is very much at the lower end of the autistic spectrum. He gets very stressed at school (special school only catering for hisldld, with 13 other children in class) and self injures. I feel if the professionals had better understanding of his "sensory" problems and tried to manage them, along with environment etc that the self injury would improve. I would be very grateful if you could reply to this and tell me if there is a difference betweenbehaviorur" and "sensory problems"
Many thanks Liz
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