The Immediate Effects of Deep Pressure on Young People with Autism and Severe Intellectual Difficulties: Demonstrating Individual Differences

What is it about?

We wanted to know if we could detect beneficial effects of an occupational therapy intervention known as deep pressure which applies a variety of stimuli to the skin of the person. We chose participants based on observations of self administered pressure. Most of the participants did indeed seem to benefit from deep pressure.

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Why is it important?

Most work in this area has been concerned with longer term effects, whereas this study sought to find short term benefits from deep pressure in a school environment. We believe that it points to the need for further research in this area.