Early Intervention with a Parent-Delivered Massage Protocol Directed at Tactile Abnormalities Decreases Severity of Autism and Improves Child-to-Parent Interactions: A Replication Study
Tactile abnormalities are severe and universal in preschool children with autism. They respond well to treatment with a daily massage protocol directed at tactile abnormalities (QST massage for autism). Treatment is based on a model for autism proposing that tactile impairment poses a barrier to dev...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Autism Research and Treatment |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/904585 |