Food Selectivity and Sensory Sensitivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2010/01/26 by Sharon A. Cermak, Carol Curtin, Linda G. Bandini · 729 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Affect (linguistics) #Audiology #Autism #Autism Spectrum Disorder Research #Autism spectrum disorder #Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues #Clinical psychology #Cognitive psychology #Communication #Computer science #Developmental psychology #Eating Disorders and Behaviors #Eating disorders #Medicine #Narrative review #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Sensory processing #Sensory system #Set (abstract data type)

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.jada.2009.10.032

published in Journal of the American Dietetic Association 110(2), 238-246 (Elsevier BV)

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