The 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 d…
Annotation Offers alternative approaches to sensory perceptual problems in autism and different strategies and treatments to eliminate these problemsWell researched and supported with real-life examplesFirst book to provide practical insight into the least understood aspect of a…
The author focuses on the role of sensory perceptual problems in autism as identified by autistic individuals themselves. She covers the 'unusual' sensory perceptual experiences and sensitivities which are often ignored by professionals, and explores assessment and intervention …
This book will assist practitioners who work with autistic people to comprehend sensory perceptual differences in autism. Strategies for dealing with sensory integration dysfunction are presented in a manner that can easily be understood by practitioners and carers.
The 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 d…
This work outlines the exact strategy used, developed over a number of years, which enabled autistic pupils to achieve their full potential. The book revisits the journeys of individual students who were encouraged by a culture of optimism and hopefulness, many of whom are now i…
The book describes a programme developed at a school for people with ASDs, which successfully enabled autistic pupils to achieve their full potential. The authors explain the challenges faced by the young people, and how the programme developed their confidence and skills, with …
"This book explores the question of if the two syndromes have a common pathophysiology. It also examines whether the successful treatment of catatonia be applied to patients with both autism and catatonia. The book concludes with blueprints for the assessment, treatment, and fut…