Sensory responsiveness as a predictor of social severity in children with high functioning autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 937-945

  Hilton, Claudia L ^a,b   Harper, Jacquelyn D ^a   Kueker, Rachel Holmes ^a,e   Lang, Andrea Runzi ^a,c   Abbacchi, Anna M ^b   Todorov, Alexandre ^b   Lavesser, Patricia D ^b,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c On with Life   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Occupational Center of Central Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Sensory modulation; Sensory processing; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY RESPONSIVENESS; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TACTILE STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMELLING; TOUCH;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH;

EID: 77956061582     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0944-8     Document Type: Article

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