Treatment of tactile impairment in young children with autism: results with qigong massage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following the inclusion of sensory abnormalities in the diagnostic criteria for autism, evidence has emerged showing that tactile abnormalities in young children with autism are severe, universally present, and directly related to delay of early self-regulation milestones required for social development. Parent touch is the most effective means of stimulating early self-regulation, yet parents of children with autism avoid touch because their children respond abnormally to it. This suggests that tactile abnormalities pose a barrier to parent touch in autism, and that treatment of tactile abnormalities may improve developmental outcomes. We have developed a qigong massage treatment for tactile abnormalities in young children with autism. Here we evaluate whether tactile a

SUBMITTER: Silva L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3838308 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature