Bradshaw Jill, Pringle Jane, Milton Damian, Beadle-Brown Julie
Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2024 Mar;49(1):115-119. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2023.2231696. Epub 2023 Jul 20.
Autistic people commonly report differing sensory experiences. This research aimed to find out about sensory issues and the sensory environments of autistic adults who did and did not have intellectual disabilities.
Online questionnaires were designed to identify sensory needs. The survey was completed by 138 autistic adults who self-reported and 58 informants reporting about autistic adults who had intellectual disabilities.
Autistic adults self-reported high numbers of sensory needs compared with informant reports of the needs of autistic adults who had intellectual disabilities.
It is possible that informants under-reported issues for autistic adults with intellectual disabilities. Some sensory needs are harder to observe and people with intellectual disabilities may find it difficult to communicate such needs.
The authors propose that better methods of supporting communication of "harder to observe" sensory needs should be developed. Further research is needed.
自闭症患者普遍报告有不同的感官体验。本研究旨在了解有和没有智力障碍的自闭症成年人的感官问题及感官环境。
设计在线问卷以确定感官需求。138名自我报告的自闭症成年人以及58名报告有智力障碍的自闭症成年人的信息提供者完成了该调查。
与有智力障碍的自闭症成年人的信息提供者报告的需求相比，自闭症成年人自我报告的感官需求数量较多。
有智力障碍的自闭症成年人的信息提供者可能少报了相关问题。一些感官需求更难观察到，而有智力障碍的人可能难以表达此类需求。
作者建议应开发更好的方法来支持对“更难观察到”的感官需求进行沟通。还需要进一步研究。
