{"id":1569,"date":"2019-02-12T14:56:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs-wds-dev.utk.edu\/klass\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2019-05-10T18:45:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T18:45:01","slug":"instructor-tip-five-autism-spectrum-disorders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/klass\/2019\/02\/12\/instructor-tip-five-autism-spectrum-disorders-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Tip Five: Autism Spectrum Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have different sensory issues. They may have an extreme over-sensitivity or an extreme under-sensitivity to hearing, sight, touch (tactile), smell, and\/or taste.<\/p>\n

For example, some students with ASD who have tactile over-sensitivity may only wear certain, specific clothes, or clothes of a specific material. They can be so over-sensitive that some tactile experiences, such as their skin rubbing against certain materials, can often be described as painful, where the same materials may feel comfortable to you and me.<\/p>\n

Another common over-sensitivity is to sound; we see many students who report that the sounds that fluorescent lighting makes can be extremely distracting, or also painful, depending upon the individual and his or her sensory sensitivity.<\/p>\n

Students with ASD who do exhibit sensory over- or under-sensitivities may benefit from instructors who allow the students some flexibility.<\/p>\n

For example, if a student reports over-sensitivity to sounds, it may be helpful to allow that student to wear ear plugs or to sit in a seat in the classroom away from the sound when possible.<\/p>\n

A student with an ASD and an over-sensitivity to smells, might react to another student’s perfume, cologne, or foods in a backpack and might need to change seats to move away from the scent(s).<\/p>\n

Flexible, accommodating, instructors should allow the students some leeway.<\/p>\n

For more information, or more information about the Postsecondary Autism Support Services Program, please contact us at klass@utk.edu<\/a><\/strong> or 865-974-6177<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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