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Objective: To explore the characteristics of sensory behavior of autism children. Methods: 93 autism children between age 2 to 12, including 87 boys and 6 girls, were investigated based on Harrison's Sensory Behavior Scale. Results: Abnormal visual and auditory responses are quite common among autism children. Hyposensitivity to pain and overusing of smelling are less common. Significant differences were detected in auditory filtering, unusual visual response, hyposensitivity to pain and smell sensitivity between mild and severe groups. Conclusion: Autism children present varied sensory abnormalities. Severe autism children had significantly more sensory symptoms than the mild autism. The mechanisms for this deserves further exploring.
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Objective: To analyse the behavioral problems of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Methods: 70 boys fulfilled ADHD criteria of DSM-IV were further divided into 3 subtypes: predominantly inattentive(PI,44 cases),predominantly hyperactive-impulsive(HI,6 cases) and combined type(CT,20 cases).Compare the behavioral problems of subtypes of ADHD and 63 normal children.Results: The incidence of behavioral problems in boys with ADHD(48.57%) was significantly higher than that in control group(12.70%),and significant differences in incidence of behavioral problems were found among the three subtypes of ADHD.ADHD CT subtype had the highest rate of behavioral problems.PI subtype had more fissility than HI;CT and HI subtypes had more aggressive behaviors,and HI had more delinquence than PI and CT.Conclusion: Boys with ADHD had more behavioral problems than normal ones.CT subtype had the highest rate.The characteristics of behaviors were different among three subtypes.
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Objective:To investigate communication and adaptive function of children with Asperger Syndrome (AS).Methods:The adaptive function of two groups,123 with AS and 23 normal, were investigated with Adaptive Ability Scale for Children; Intelligence were measured with WISC; Communication behaviors of AS children were also investigated. Results:Significant differences were found between the two groups in total score of adaptive abilities and in domains of socialization, communication and self-administration; Abnormal communication behaviors were found in AS children。Conclusion: AS children demonstrated abnormal communication behaviors and deficits in social adaptive abilities.Early diagrosis and intervention can reduce children's adaptive trouble after entering school.