Interesting items on sensory processing and ASD:

Article by a well-informed parent surveying recent thinking on the subject:

http://www.care2.com/causes/popular-autism-therapy.html

Research study (behind firewall, but you can see the abstract) that suggests sensory integration therapies do little for people with ASD:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946712000074

Statement to the same effect by the American Academy of Pediatrics:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/05/23/peds.2012-0876

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