Play in Relation to Autism Traits in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floor Moerman ◽  
Petra Warreyn ◽  
Ellen Demurie ◽  
Sofie Boterberg ◽  
Julie Vermeirsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Autism Traits

scholarly journals Sensory Abnormality and Quantitative Autism Traits in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder in an Epidemiological Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jussila ◽  
M. Junttila ◽  
M. Kielinen ◽  
H. Ebeling ◽  
L. Joskitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
General Population ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Screening Questionnaire ◽  
Sensory Abnormalities ◽  
Autism Traits ◽  
Parental Questionnaire ◽  
Sensory Abnormality ◽  
Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire

Abstract Sensory abnormalities (SAs) are recognized features in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and a relationship between SAs and ASD traits is also suggested in general population. Our aims were to estimate the prevalence of SAs in three different settings, and to study the association between SAs and quantitative autism traits (QAT) using the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) and a parental questionnaire. In an epidemiological population of 8-year-old children (n = 4397), the prevalence of SAs was 8.3%, in an ASD sample (n = 28), 53.6%, and in a non-ASD sample (n = 4369), 8.0%, respectively. Tactile and auditory hypersensitivity predicted an ASD diagnosis. The ASSQ was able to differentiate children with and without SA. In conclusion, QAT level and SAs were associated in all study samples.

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