ABSTRACT
One of the more common structured teaching models currently available is the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children and its physical education counterpart Success in Physical Activity. Designing physical education, activity, sport, and recreational programs for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), their physical needs varied and covered a diverse spectrum of deficiencies. The varying symptoms associated with ASD, increased awareness, and diagnostic criteria of the disorder have led many scientists and clinicians to question rising incidence rates. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 1 per 68 children have some type of ASD. Males are four times more likely than females to be diagnosed as having ASD, and cases can be found across all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. The goals of sensory-motor interventions include improving the child’s sensory processing to improve attention and behavioral control and improving the child’s ability to integrate sensory information so that he/she can develop better motor responses.
