Sleep problems are associated with hypersensitivity to touch in children with autism
Orna Tzischinsky, Gal Meiri, Liora Manelis, Asif Bar‐Sinai, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Orit Zivan, Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein
This study finds that hypersensitivity to touch is strongly linked to sleep disturbances in children with autism, explaining 24% of the variance in sleep disturbance scores.
Molecular Autism · Mar 27, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience