Effectiveness of the physical intervention using sensory integration theory in the recovery of children with autism

Abstract

Abstract In human body, sensory integration plays a significant role as it is a mutually reinforcing and complementary process of the body in general and human brains in particular. This process extensively utilizes the nervous system during individual development for the creation of numerous sensations, which are very helpful in making people act accordingly. It is important to note that body and brain will not be able to perform in unison preferably without sensory integration. This is one of the most challenging issues related to the people especially with autism face. Generally, number of children suffering with autism is increasing day by day at a predominant rate, however, the exact cause of these remains unknown until today. Furthermore, as per our knowledge, positive outcomes or opinions on its onset are not reported yet in literature, which is very alarming, and currently special care behavior training is suggested to be taken by the individuals. By thoroughly analyzing the literature combined with the special psychological characteristics of autistic children, we have observed that sports is one of the possible ways which could possibly help these children in the development process of their brains and bodies, but a necessary measure to intervene and improve their conditions are needed to be adopted as well. In order to solve the problem of sensory integration disorder in children with autism, this paper proposes an effective mechanism for determining the effectiveness of the physical intervention using sensory integration theory on the recovery of children with autism. To investigate this, we have started with sensory integration theory, which is one the most vital factor in the in recovery process of children suffering from the autism. Additionally, it takes a unique approach to designing physical activity for children with autism, and builds a model of physical play assessment followed by an intervention experiment. In order to verify various claims of the proposed scheme, we have carried out numerous experimental studies which conclude that the proposed approach is affective mechanism for solving the problem.