擁抱機
擁抱機(英語:Hug machine),又稱擁抱箱等,是一種深部壓覺裝置,能夠安撫过度敏感的人,比如自閉症譜系障礙患者。這種裝置是由天寶·葛蘭汀在上大學時發明的。[1][2]
因為自閉症會影響人的社交和敏感度,葛蘭汀針對這一問題,設計了用於緩解感官的擁抱機。
功能
它在某些感官過度敏感的患者身上(通常即自閉患者),有舒緩壓力的功效,她自己也曾是這機器的長期使用者。而隨後學者的研究[3][4],也多支持其減輕壓力的效果,但卻不完全同意消除焦躁的功能。[5]
參考文獻
- ^ Grandin, Temple. Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism. New York: Doubleday. 1995. ISBN 9780385477925.
- ^ Grandin, Temple; Scariano, Margaret M. Emergence: Labeled Autistic. Grand Central Publishing. 1996: 91. ISBN 9780446671828.
- ^ Stephen M. Edelson, Ph.D. Temple Grandin's Hug Machine. Salem, Oregon: Center for the Study of Autism. 6 December 2009 [2011-11-09]. (原始内容存档于2020-11-11).
- ^ Edelson, S.M., Edelson MG, Kerr DC, Grandin T. Behavioral and physiological effects of deep pressure on children with autism: a pilot study evaluating the efficacy of Grandin's Hug Machine. Am J Occup Ther. 1999, 53 (2): 145–52. PMID 10200837.
- ^ Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds. [2020-09-11]. (原始内容存档于2021-02-16).