Research Article
About Face: Evaluating and Managing Tactile Impairment at the Time of Autism Diagnosis
Table 3
Prevalence, number of impaired senses, and number of involved body areas by severity of autism.
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| | Group | Sensory domain impaired, % | | Oral/tactile | Visual | Auditory | Smell |
| | Typically developing children | 17.6% | 17.6% | 17.1% | 7.8% | | Severe autism | 100% | 67.4% | 72.1% | 23.3% | | Moderate autism | 88.4% | 66.3% | 61.6% | 25.6% | | Mild autism | 79.6% | 38.8% | 63.3% | 18.4% |
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Group | Number of senses impaired | | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | Typically developing children | 3.4% | 5.9% | 17.1% | 29.8% | 43.9% | | Severe autism | 37.2% | 39.5% | 14.0% | 9.3% | 0% | | Moderate autism | 30.2% | 31.4% | 24.4% | 10.5% | 3.5% | | Mild autism | 6.1% | 36.7% | 32.7% | 20.4% | 4.1% |
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| (c) |
| | Group | Areas of the body affected | | Face | Mouth | Head | Hands | Feet | Skin | Diaper |
| | Typically developing children | 20.0% | 16.1% | 13.2% | 21.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% | 12.7% | | Severe autism | 83.7% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 79.1% | 74.4% | 37.2% | 79.1% | | Moderate autism | 77.9% | 81.4% | 75.6% | 70.9% | 53.5% | 45.3% | 62.8% | | Mild autism | 67.3% | 71.4% | 61.2% | 61.2% | 59.2% | 30.6% | 40.8% |
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| (d) |
| | Group | Number of areas of the body affected | | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | Typically developing children | 0% | 1.0% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 25.9% | 43.9% | | Severe autism | 14.0% | 41.9% | 30.2% | 7.0% | 4.7% | 0% | 2.3% | 0% | | Moderate autism | 9.3% | 25.6% | 26.7% | 15.1% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 2.3% | 0% | | Mild autism | 0% | 20.4% | 26.5% | 10.2% | 24.5% | 8.2% | 6.1% | 4.1% |
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