Systematic Review of Studies on Multisensory Practices as an Intervention in Institutional Settings with Children with Autism

Abstract

Children with autism usually present atypical responses to certain sensory inputs, such as feeling pain in the rain, discomfort when wearing clothes, feeling the touch of fingers as sharp metal. In everyday circumstances, an increase or decrease in the ability to perceive pain and/or one of the five senses prevails. Depending on the situation, they even present a double response pattern. The present work has the purpose of carrying out a systematic review of publications about studies on multisensory stimulation as an intervention strategy in institutional practice with children with autism in Spanish and Portuguese in the last 10 years. The production of articles on the subject could contribute to its knowledge and dissemination within the scientific community, promoting and encouraging research on the subject.