Estudio comparativo de las vulnerabilidades de integración sensorial de los niños con

Résumé

Introduction: Sensory integration and modulation vulnerabilities of children with ASD may not manifest equally in the different contexts of socialization, given the limitations in the generalization and the hyper-selectivity that usually characterizes this disorder. Objective: To compare the parents (family environment) and the teachers (school environment) perception of a group of children with ASD (n = 41) in three types of sensory modulation vulnerability (over-responsivity, under-responsivity and sensation seeking) in the different sensory modalities. Method: The Sensory Processing Measure (SPM) –home version and classroom version- was used and analysis was performed item by item in order to obtain scores for each type of vulnerability in each sensory system for each context. Results: In the family environment more dysfunctional scores were obtained only in the measures of sensory seeking in vision and body awareness, while in the school environment more dysfunctional scores were obtained in the measures of olfactory and gustatory over-responsivity, visual under-responsivity and sensory seeking in touch, smell and taste. Conclusion: In the school environment more sensory integration and modulation vulnerabilities seem to be present than in the family environment, especially what refers to the smell and taste sensory modalities. In short the presence of differences in the different sensory integration and modulation vulnerabilities of some sensory modalities depending on the context is confirmed. That is why it is necessary to evaluate each type of vulnerability in each of the different socialization contexts of children with ASD.