Abstract: The purpose of the study was to find out the most common behaviours/items from each sections of SSP that can be useful to differentiate children with ASD from children without ASD among Indian population with the help of the caregivers of the children. Age and Gender matched 50 children with and without ASD were approached on different platforms and incorporated in the study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study.47.37% (18 of 39) of the items have greater significance difference and can be used to discriminate children with ASD from children without ASD. On the basis of the most common items, the caregivers and the therapists can differentiate children with ASD from children without ASD. These Behaviors/items play a major role in diagnosis of children with ASD. The sample does not represent the entire population of children with ASD and without ASD; therefore the study can be done with larger sample size. From this study it has been concluded that these items can be used to evaluate sensory processing abilities of children with ASD which can be really very helpful to occupational therapists in assessing and programme planning. SSP was made by the occupational therapists only so the views of caregivers of children with ASD and people with ASD with good intellectual abilities can be incorporated which increases the fruitfulness of SSP. This study recognizes the importance of assessing the performance of children from different cultural contexts, particularly in relation to their everyday functioning or occupation.
Keywords: ASD- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Definite Difference, Probable Difference, Typical Performance, SSP- Short Sensory Profile.
Title: Analysis of Each Item of Short Sensory Profile Filled Up By the Caregivers on the Performance of Children with and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author: Hetal Jagdishkumar Tripathi, Titiksh Vijeshkumar Varma, Krupa Babulal Prabhakar
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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