Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is considered one of the commonest developmental
disabilities, characterized mainly by impairments in social performance and communicative
skills, repetitive stereotypical behaviors, and restriction in interests and activities,
with a combination of sensory, cognitive, behavioral, and communication features which
persist throughout life. Caminha & Lampreia specified that there is a significantly high
prevalence of sensory processing dysfunctions in ASD. Sensory processing means how the
central and peripheral nervous systems deal with the incoming sensory input from
different sensory organs; visual, auditory, smell, taste, tactile, proprioception, and
vestibular information. Sensory processing dysfunction is the neurological dysfunction
affecting the adequate reception, modulation, integration, discrimination, or
organization of sensory stimuli, and the behavioral responses to the sensory input.
Sensory integration therapy (SIT) is a frequent type of therapy that aims to improve a
child's ability to perceive and integrate sensory input in order to explore more ordered
and appropriate actions. SIT improves motor skills, social relationships, attention,
behavior control, language and pre-linguistic communicative abilities, reading
comprehension, participation in play activities, and personal identification. Therefore,
the need for further explicit assessment of sensory integration intervention among ASD
children has been increased to identify its gains in social and verbal interactions. This
study aimed to estimate the impact of sensory integration therapy on language development
in autism spectrum disorder children.46 ASD children will enroll in this study, their
ages ranged from 3-10 years, males and females, divided into two groups (group I received
speech therapy sessions together with sensory integration therapy sessions, group II
received speech therapy sessions only) went through two stages of evaluation before and
after receiving their sessions with one year apart. All children were subjected to
Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), sensory profile assessment by Short Sensory profile
(SSP) and Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (The ABLLS-R).Data
will be taken from Clinics and Schools having children with autism
