1University of Cambridge, UK.
Autism. 2014 May;18(4):428-32. doi: 10.1177/1362361313477246. Epub 2013 Oct 1.
Anecdotal reports and empirical evidence suggest that sensory processing issues are a key feature of autism spectrum conditions. This study set out to investigate whether adults with autism spectrum conditions report more sensory over-responsivity than adults without autism spectrum conditions. Another goal of the study was to identify whether autistic traits in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions were associated with sensory over-responsivity. Adults with (n = 221) and without (n = 181) autism spectrum conditions participated in an online survey. The Autism Spectrum Quotient, the Raven Matrices and the Sensory Processing Scale were used to characterize the sample. Adults with autism spectrum conditions reported more sensory over-responsivity than control participants across various sensory domains (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory and proprioceptive). Sensory over-responsivity correlated positively with autistic traits (Autism Spectrum Quotient) at a significant level across groups and within groups. Adults with autism spectrum conditions experience sensory over-responsivity to daily sensory stimuli to a high degree. A positive relationship exists between sensory over-responsivity and autistic traits. Understanding sensory over-responsivity and ways of measuring it in adults with autism spectrum conditions has implications for research and clinical settings.
一些传闻和实证证据表明，感觉处理问题是自闭症谱系障碍的一个主要特征。本研究旨在调查自闭症谱系障碍患者是否比非自闭症谱系障碍患者报告更多的感觉过度反应。该研究的另一个目标是确定自闭症谱系障碍患者和非自闭症谱系障碍患者的自闭症特征是否与感觉过度反应有关。 221 名自闭症谱系障碍患者和 181 名非自闭症谱系障碍患者参加了在线调查。使用自闭症谱系商数、瑞文矩阵和感觉处理量表来描述样本。自闭症谱系障碍患者在各种感觉领域（视觉、听觉、触觉、嗅觉、味觉和本体感觉）的感觉过度反应比对照组更为明显。在各组和组内，感觉过度反应与自闭症特征（自闭症谱系商数）呈正相关，且具有显著统计学意义。自闭症谱系障碍患者对日常感觉刺激的感觉过度反应程度很高。感觉过度反应和自闭症特征之间存在正相关关系。了解自闭症谱系障碍患者的感觉过度反应及其测量方法对研究和临床环境具有重要意义。
