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Are autistic people insensitive to pain?
In contrast with many of the other studies reported in this review, this study found evidence which indicates that individuals with ASD do not have an insensitivity to pain as manifested by a lack of behavioural response—children with ASD display a significant behavioural reaction in response to a painful stimulus.
What is Hyposensitive to pain?
Background: Congenital hyposensitivity to pain or hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy represents a variety of disorders characterized by decreased perception of nociception, loss of other modalities of sensation, and variable expression of autonomic dysfunction.
What is hypersensitive in autism?
Hypersensitivity in Autism Some children with autism are hypersensitive, so seeing, hearing, or feeling something makes them feel bad. They can shake their hands, move back and forth, or make strange noises to activate their senses.
Are adults with Asperger’s different from other people with the syndrome?
They are not. In truth, Asperger’s is a widely varied, complex, and irregular syndrome, and the boundaries separating it from other conditions are often hard to detect. When I speaking of the thought processes of adults with Asperger’s I am doing so in general terms.
Do people with Asperger’s have high or low levels of sensory thinking?
Furthermore, the degree of concrete or sensory thinking varies among people with Asperger’s as well as within any one individual. Some have a high degree of concreteness and others a low degree, and the same is true of sensory thinking.
How do people with Asperger’s interpret the world?
Most people process and interpret the world through language concepts. People with Asperger’s, on the other hand, tend to categorize the world around them by their sensory qualities, such as shapes, tastes, smells, sounds, how they feel and how they look.
Who is the best Asperger’s psychologist in San Francisco?
Dr. Kenneth Roberson is an Asperger’s psychologist in San Francisco with over 30 years of experience. To ask a question or schedule an appointment, please call 415-922-1122. Do you have Asperger’s Syndrome or know someone who does?