Sensory perceptual issues in autism and Asperger Syndrome : different sensory experiences, different perceptual worlds /: different sensory experiences, different perceptual worlds. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Olga Bogdashina ; forewords by Wendy Lawson and Theo Peeters.
• Other Names: Bogdashina, Olʹga
• Contents: Introduction to the problem -- Sensory dysfunction or different sensory experiences? -- Perception -- Sensory systems -- What is perception? -- Sensory perceptual development -- Possible sensory experiences in autism -- What is the autistic way to perceive the world? -- Literal perception -- Inability to distinguish between foreground and background information (Gestalt perception) -- Hypersensitivity and/or hyposensitivity -- Inconsistency of perception (fluctuation) -- Fragmented perception (perception in bits, stimulus overselectivity) -- Distorted perception -- Sensory agnosia (difficulty interpreting a sense) -- Delayed perception (delayed processing) -- Vulnerability to sensory overload -- Perceptual styles -- Mono-processing -- Peripheral perception (avoidance of direct perception) -- Systems shutdowns -- Compensating for unreliable sense by other senses -- Resonance -- Daydreaming -- Cognitive styles -- Subconscious, unconscious and preconscious cognitive processes -- Preconscious (indirect) style versus conscious (direct) style -- Attention in autism -- Memory in autism -- Concept formation, categorization, generalization -- Perceptual thinking -- Inertia (executive function deficit) -- Imagination -- Other sensory conditions -- Synaesthesia -- Prosopagnosia (face-blindness) -- Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) -- Scotopic sensitivity/Irlen syndrome (SS/IS) -- Sensory integration dysfunction -- Treatments -- Auditory integration training (AIT) -- Irlen method -- Behavioural optometry -- Holding therapy -- Hug machine -- Sensory integration therapy -- Aromatherapy -- Sensory perceptual profile -- Recommendations: rainbows and umbrellas -- Conclusion -- Sensory profile checklist revised (SPCR) -- Key for decoding the checklist -- Photocopiable rainbow and table.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 616.8982; Child & Developmental Psychology; Autism; Senses and sensation; Perception; Autistic Disorder; Perception; Autism; Perception; Senses and sensation; Autisme; Aspergers syndroom; Waarneming
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846424106; 1846424100
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