Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder—An Update

On January 26, 2017, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released this update report regarding interventions targeting sensory challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The report was prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center in
Nashville, Tennessee.

The report studied short-term interventions (sensory integration–based approaches, massage, environmental enrichment, auditory integration, music therapy, and weighted blankets) and how they affected sensory challenges and motor skills, including language outcomes, sensory responses, ASD symptoms, and nonverbal cognitive skills. Data on longer term results are lacking, as are data . . .