WHO WE SERVE · AUTISM SPECTRUM
Autism Spectrum Support
Clarity explores MST (Multi-Sensory Training) as a complementary approach for sensory processing and daily functioning — alongside, not in place of, a child's existing autism care team.
Common challenges on the autism spectrum
Autism affects each individual differently, but families often describe challenges connected to how the brain filters and integrates sensory input from the environment:
- Over- or under-responsiveness to sound, light, touch, or movement
- Difficulty transitioning between activities or environments
- Trouble with balance, coordination, or motor planning
- Difficulty with social communication and engagement
- Sleep disturbances
- Heightened frustration when overwhelmed by sensory input
How MST is being explored for sensory processing
Multisensory processing — the brain's ability to filter, modulate, and integrate input from multiple senses at once — is one of the earliest skills the brain learns, typically developing before age three. MST simultaneously engages colored light, vestibular (motion) stimulation, auditory stimulation, and somatosensory input, and is explored as a way to support this foundational sensory processing skill, which many families feel underlies later progress in other therapies (occupational, speech, ABA, and classroom learning).
The typical program is a 12-day in-office intensive (two 30-minute sessions per day), followed by an 18-day at-home continuation. Most families notice early changes before the program is complete, though the full effect is typically not apparent until around 90 days.
What research says
What We Know
MST was developed by Dr. Steven J. Curtis, OD. His 2019 outcomes research (Curtis SJ, Vision Development & Rehabilitation, 2019;5(4):235–248) reported that a majority of parents observed meaningful improvement in their child after MST, across a mixed population of patients.
What We Don't Know
This outcomes research does not isolate autism specifically from the other populations studied, is parent-reported rather than independently measured, and is developer-authored. There is currently no independent, large-scale clinical trial establishing MST's effect on autism spectrum disorder specifically.
Questions to Ask
What does the published research actually measure, and in what population? How will progress be tracked against a starting baseline? How does this fit alongside your child's existing ABA, occupational therapy, speech therapy, or developmental pediatrician?
Current conventional approaches
Autism care commonly includes ABA therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, developmental pediatric care, and school-based supports. Clarity's MST program is intended to complement this kind of care, not replace it — most families exploring MST are doing so alongside an existing care team.
Funding note
Autism spectrum disorder is one of the qualifying disabilities under Florida's Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA). Clarity is not yet an approved FES-UA provider, but is actively pursuing approval — another Florida MST provider (in Pensacola) offering the same treatment is already FES-UA approved. Confirm current eligibility and Clarity's approval status with the Clarity team or Step Up For Students directly.
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