Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Free certificates of participation are available upon successful completion of a brief knowledge quiz at autism.org/sensory-considerations-for-social-communication
Hear Dr. Vanessa Renschler discuss strategies for providing sensory supports while respecting an individual’s neurotype.
Vanessa Rentschler, Au.D., CCC-A, C.A.S. is a clinical audiologist. She is the parent of an autistic child, is active in her local autism, community and identifies as neurodivergent, herself (ADHD). Dr. Rentschler offers neurodiversity-affirming assessment and treatment for auditory processing difficulties, provided in a sensory-friendly environment. Therapeutic techniques also helpful for those who wear hearing aids and cochlear implants.
In this webinar:
1:25 – Disclosures, background, and outline
5:10 – Auditory features in autism
7:35 – Services and evidence-based practices
10:30 – Auditory sensory processing
15:08 – Auditory and visual misalignment
19:10 – Impacts on communication
22:30 – Neurophysiological underpinnings
26:02 – Interventions and accessibility
30:04 – Therapeutic techniques
33:20 – Audiologists
38:45 – Neurodiversity-affirming standard of care
42:15 – Future research and accommodations
46:45 – Q&A
Free certificates of participation are available upon successful completion of a brief knowledge quiz at autism.org/sensory-considerations-for-social-communication
Hear Dr. Vanessa Renschler discuss strategies for providing sensory supports while respecting an individual’s neurotype.
Vanessa Rentschler, Au.D., CCC-A, C.A.S. is a clinical audiologist. She is the parent of an autistic child, is active in her local autism, community and identifies as neurodivergent, herself (ADHD). Dr. Rentschler offers neurodiversity-affirming assessment and treatment for auditory processing difficulties, provided in a sensory-friendly environment. Therapeutic techniques also helpful for those who wear hearing aids and cochlear implants.
In this webinar:
1:25 – Disclosures, background, and outline
5:10 – Auditory features in autism
7:35 – Services and evidence-based practices
10:30 – Auditory sensory processing
15:08 – Auditory and visual misalignment
19:10 – Impacts on communication
22:30 – Neurophysiological underpinnings
26:02 – Interventions and accessibility
30:04 – Therapeutic techniques
33:20 – Audiologists
38:45 – Neurodiversity-affirming standard of care
42:15 – Future research and accommodations
46:45 – Q&A
