Autism and Posture: Posture-Care and Rehab-Yoga

Course Description:

The information in this presentation would open clinicians to opportunity to assess and treat posture of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Individuals with ASD have a diminished perception of their body movement and postural orientation; as a result, they often sit, stand, and walk with postural impairment. Studies of the postural profile of children with ASD report a deviation from the typical age-matched population in regard to leg length discrepancy, kyphosis, lumbar scoliosis, and genu valgum.  This presentation provides a review of how to observe and record standing posture in children and adults with ASD. In this presentation therapist will learn visual observation and reporting that is based on a UK method of Posture and Posture Ability scale.  The presentation will also present yoga-based exercises that clinicians can easily implement in therapy. It will focus on prevention and improvement of abnormal posture impairments so to allow for better functional activities.