A Sensory-Profile Framework for Differentiated Swim Instruction in Autistic Children: A Randomized Controlled Study With Nonverbal Learner Findings
A Sensory-Profile Framework for Differentiated Swim Instruction in Autistic Children: A Randomized Controlled Study With Nonverbal Learner Findings
Autistic children drown at one-hundred sixty times the rate of their neurotypical peers: a public health crisis that the adapted learning field has only addressed by demonstrating that standard swimming instruction sometimes works for autistic children. This study presents a three-profile framework (sensory-seeking/hyposensitive, sensory-avoidant/hypersensitive, variable/mixed) founded in sensory processing literature, based on ~950 lessons to 65 autistic children (ages 3-15) to determine why this disjunction exists, and how swim instructors can fix it.
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