Study Shows Infants/Toddlers With Sensory Issues That Worsen May Be a Predictor of Autism

10th January, 2023

13 January 2023, News, Newsletter, OT, Sensory

[Source: Medical X-Press]

New results from a USC-led study reveal that 3 percent of all children have elevated sensory traits that seemingly worsen as they grow from infants/toddlers into school-aged children. Of those fitting the profile of this so-called “Elevated–All Worsening” group, 82 percent were diagnosed with autism or showed elevated autistic traits by the time they reached 3-6 years old.

The data demonstrate the strong association between children‘s early sensory trajectories and later sensory challenges impacting their developmental and behavioral outcomes. Results were published online today in Development and Psychopathology.

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