Abstract
Sensory integration is the organization of the senses for their use. It is a neuro-biological activity that allows the reception and processing of sensory information, which in large quantities from the senses come to the brain, at all times. The aim of the study is to examine the prevalence of sensory integration difficulties of the tactile sensory system of children with developmental disabilities, and to establish the statistical significance of differences in relation to the type of difficulty. The total sample of respondents (N=60) consisted of four subsamples of 15 respondents, namely; children with autism, children with Down syndrome, children with hearing impairment and children with sight impairment. The Mann-Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon W test at the level of statistical significance of p<0.05 were used to test the statistical significance of the differences between the subsamples of the subjects. The results of the study show that 86.67% of children with autism, 66.67% of children with Down syndrome, 20% of children with hearing impairment and 40% of children with sight impairment have difficulties with sensory integration of the tactile system. Children with hearing impairment (Rank M 43.97), children with sight impairment (Rank M 35.03), children with Down syndrome, and children with autism (Rank M 14.93) show the least difficulty in sensory integration of the tactile sensory system. There is a statistically significant difference in the difficulties of sensory integration of the tactile sensory system between children with autism, children with Down syndrome, children with hearing impairment and children with sight impairment at the level of statistical significance of p<0.05.
Highlights
Sensory integration represents the organization of the senses for their use (Ayers, 2002)
Hyposensitive type of tactile sensory response has 13.33% of children with autism, 33.33% of children with Down syndrome, 26.67% of children with hearing impairment and 20% of children with sight impairment
Mixed type of tactile sensory response has 20% of children with autism, 33.33% of children with Down syndrome, 6.67% of children with hearing impairment and 13.33% of children with sight impairment
Summary
Sensory integration represents the organization of the senses for their use (Ayers, 2002). It is a neuro-biological activity that enables the reception and processing of sensory information, which in large quantities arrive from the senses to the brain, at any time (Biel and Peske, 2007). Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol 29, 66-78, March, 2022 ISSN: 2668-7798 www.techniumscience.com the brain and nervous system have difficulties in receiving and processing sensory information or if they are not exposed to appropriate stimuli (Zglavnik, 2005). The ability of the brain to successfully process tactile information allows the child to feel safe and to develop a connection with those around it (Chu, 2013). Studies shows that most children with autism have sensory difficulties, while hearing, sight and touch are usually the most affected (Biel and Peske, 2007). A child may be overly sensitive to the composition of clothing, objects and food (Marković, 2017)
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