In summary, the findings of the present study suggest that young children with ADHD seem to be at increased risk of deficits in a variety of sensory processing abilities, over and above the core symptoms of ADHD as reported by the mothers. Results of the frequency analysis indicated
that when compared to reports of mothers of the typical children, a relatively high percentage of children with ADHD fall below the cut-off point for sensory processing deficits, thus indicating that this is not a marginal phenomenon.
Nevertheless, this analysis also shows that in certain sections and factors that relate to sensory processing, many of the children with ADHD scored within normal limits on a number of subscales.
This variability emphasizes the importance of relating to the individual child and not only to the characteristics of a group.