BACKGROUND

There are no cures for ASDs. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a broad term used to describe a group of neurodevelopmental disorders.ASD is found in individuals around the world, regardless of race, culture, or economic background.

What is Autism:

Facts & figures:

• The quantity of autism patients has reached 30,00,000.

• The proportion of autism patient: 1:68

• There is 98.7% No behaviour modification

Major symptoms:

• Trouble making eye contact

• Tactile processing disorder

• Sensitive to changes in surroundings

• Monotonous and repetitive behaviour

Tactile is the basic foundation of any rehabilitation treatment.

Many children with autism have tactile symptoms such as tactile over-responsivity or under-responsivity, This acan affect a child’s cognitive abillity, basic survivabillity and make intervention training increasingly difficult to perform.

RESEARCH PLAN

Sponser :

Xiaoming Run

Baoding maternal and child health hospital

Research goal

Children:

• Investigate and record the current training situation and its effect on the children.

• Find out their preference for favorite colors, toy shapes, and exterior materials.

Guardian:

• Find out the certain scene that they often get along with their children.

• Ask about their thoughts and feelings on the tactile problem, training tools, and existing services.

Methodologies

Children:

• Observe and record how the child interacts with the surroundings and people.

• Play with children by using pre-prepared lab tools(different materials, shapes, colours).

Guardian:

• To understand the views and methods of parents and teachers on tactile therapy.

• Integrate the previous information and conduct deeper communication with the typical guardian.

Samples

We interacted with 8 different children with Autism and interviewed 6 parents and 8 teachers.

FIELD RESEARCH

Findings

Xiaoming Run

• Parents here have a positive attitude, but almost all of them don’t have enough time to train with their children.

• Professional training equipment is expensive and not suitable for family use.

• Children prefer animal-shaped toys to ordinary geometric toys.

Baoding Maternal and Child Health Hospital

• Some parents don’t have enough confidence in the institution’s service and they want a difference.

• They look forward to new training products that are more suitable for family use.

• Children prefer soft and warm materials, some cold and hard materials will make them feel anxious.