Effectiveness of Art Therapy in Autism Spectrum Disorders Focusing on Sensory and Motor Aspects: Review of Literature

Abstract

Background and Objective: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired verbal and non-verbal communication in addition to repetitive stereotypical behaviour. The Art therapy intervention is a performance based intervention that is used as a treatment for vast categories of mental health problems. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers any one of a group of disorders with an onset typically occurring during the preschool years and characterized by difficulties with social communication and social interaction and restricted and repetitive patterns in behaviours, interests, and activities. The Effectiveness of the art therapy is proved in treating vast categories of mental health problems. The Aim of this study is to review and summarize the Severity of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Effectiveness of Art therapy in reducing the Symptoms of Art therapy. Methods: An electronic search was made through published scholarly articles in Goggle scholar and Semantic Scholar. The Studies were filtered to last 15 years and with the following key words Art therapy, Autism spectrum disorder, Sensory and motor aspects 22 articles were sorted according to the selection criteria. Conclusions: Art based therapies were widely used in the recent times. Art therapy can be used for the reduction of symptoms of ASD and develop sensory and motor aspects. Based on the results of the available literature, Art therapy interventions can be useful in reducing the symptoms of Autism spectrum disorder and in developing the sensory and motor aspects.