Jakość życia osób dorosłych z zaburzeniami integracji sensorycznej
The quality of life of adults with sensory integration disorders

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to characterize the quality of life as assessed bysurveyed adults with sensory integration disorders in the dimensions of values, goals andmotivation. The biographies of the subjects prove that one does not grow out of senso-ry integration disorders. Undiagnosed children become adults and sensory processingdysfunctions affect development not only in childhood, but also in adulthood. The mainproblem, the solution to which the conducted research served, took the form of the fol-lowing question: how do adults with sensory integration disorders assess the quality oftheir lives? This question allowed the following specific questions to emerge: What valuesguide the respondents in their lives, which values have priority for them? What areas oflife, and to what extent, satisfy the respondents? How do sensory integration disordersaffect the respondents’ assessment of their quality of life? What is the role of the diag-nosis of sensory disorders in assessing the quality of life of respondents diagnosed withdysfunctions in middle adulthood? The qualitative research approach made it possible toaddress topics that go beyond what is objective and measurable. The individual case studyallowed for the phenomenon under study to be described and analysed.

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