Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological disorder that varies in severity in presentation, but primarily manifests as rigid patterns of behavior and impaired social communication. According to the CDC (2014), autism is a relatively common disorder, with 1 out of 68 of the United States population being diagnosed. Autism was first described by Dr. Kanner in 1943, but the disorder was not recognized as a separate disorder from schizophrenia until the DSM-III (1980). The most significant changes to the DSM autism diagnosis came in the DSM-5 in 2013, which identified autism as a spectrum disorder. Aside from recognizing the variability in autism, the DSM 5 (2013) specified sensory processing deficits as one of the symptoms of autism under
