Find out the age specific items of short sensory profile filled up by the caregivers of Indian children with and without autism spectrum disorder Tripathi Hetal Jagdishkumar1, Pathak Ranjeet2, Dwivedi Amitabh3, Varma Titiksh Vijeshkumar4, Prabhakar Krupa Babulal5 1Occupational Therapist, Department of Occupational Therapy, Government Spine Institute, Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 2Assistant Professor/Incharge, Occupation Therapy College, IAHSET, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India 3Principal, HOD and Professor of Jaipur Occupational Therapy College, Maharaj Vinayak Global University, Dhand, Amer, Jaipur, Rajsthan, India 4Occupational Therapist, Department of Occupational Therapy, Civil Hospital, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 5Physiotherapist Tutor, Trauma Center, Civil Hospital, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Online published on 26 October, 2018. Abstract The purpose of the study was to find out the most common behaviours/items for the age groups 3 years, 4 years, 5–10 years from each sections of SSP that can be useful to differentiate children with ASD from children without ASD among Indian population with the help of the caregivers of the children. Age and Gender matched 50 children with and without ASD were approached on different platforms and incorporated in the study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. The items were identified and compared between the groups. These behaviours play a major role in diagnosis of children with ASD because they have been developed for all the age-groups. The sample does not represent the entire population of children with ASD and without ASD of the specific age group; therefore the study can be done with a larger sample size. From this study, it has been concluded that these items can be used to understand sensory processing abilities of children with ASD which can be really very helpful to caregivers and occupational therapists in assessing and programme planning. Top Keywords ASD-Autism Spectrum Disorder, SSP-Short Sensory Profile. Top |