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DescriptionThe ability to perceive accurately stimuli in the environment is basic to many areas of academic, communicative and social functioning. Although people with autism live in the same physical world and deal with the same 'raw material' their perceptual world turns out strikingly different from that of non-autistic people. It is widely reported that autistic people have 'unusual' sensory perceptual experiences that may involve hypo- and hypersensitivity, fluctuation between different 'volumes' of perception and difficulty interpreting a sense. Author descriptionOlga Bogdashina PhD has worked extensively in the field of autism as a teacher, lecturer and researcher, with a particular interest in sensory-perceptual and communication problems in autism. She has been the director of the first Day Centre for autistic children in Ukraine since 1994. Olga has an autistic son aged 15. She is also the president of the Autism Society of Ukraine and teaches and lectures around the world. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Birmingham University. Table of contentsIntroduction to the problem; sensory dysfunction or different sensory experiences; perception; possible sensory experiences in autism; perceptual styles; cognitive styles; other sensory conditions; treatments; sensory perceptual profile; recommendations - rainbows and umbrellas; conclusion. Appendices: sensory profile checklist; key for decoding questionnaire. |