News on Sensory Integration Disorder
News stories of interest to parents of children with sensory integration problems, from the Parenting Special Needs blog and news sources around the Web. For the latest news, go to the Today's News folder.
Sensory Friendly Halloween Guide
From Hartley's Life With 3 Boys: "This guide is aimed at those of us who actually want to have a Halloween, similar (not exactly) to the one we grew up loving. There are obviously better ways to handle sensory overload if your child can't do this (example being go to a friend's house so out of the way no one will ring their doorbell)." (10/20/09)
From Hartley's Life With 3 Boys: "This guide is aimed at those of us who actually want to have a Halloween, similar (not exactly) to the one we grew up loving. There are obviously better ways to handle sensory overload if your child can't do this (example being go to a friend's house so out of the way no one will ring their doorbell)." (10/20/09)
Kid #2 with SPD
From Hartley's Life With 3 Boys: "Matthew has always been a challenging child, with sensory issues. I've known that his whole life, beginning with the fact that he wouldn't sleep unless he was swaddled for the first 7 months of his life. A clue, don't you think?" (10/16/09)
From Hartley's Life With 3 Boys: "Matthew has always been a challenging child, with sensory issues. I've known that his whole life, beginning with the fact that he wouldn't sleep unless he was swaddled for the first 7 months of his life. A clue, don't you think?" (10/16/09)
Toys For Sensory Diet Fun
From Hartley's Life With 3 Boys: "I thought I would put together a list of things that we use (or have used before) on a regular basis as part of our Sensory Diet." (7/30/09)
From Hartley's Life With 3 Boys: "I thought I would put together a list of things that we use (or have used before) on a regular basis as part of our Sensory Diet." (7/30/09)
Red Flags For SPD
From My Life With 3 Boys: "I cannot believe that there is so little understanding in the medical community that families are struggling to find help--to put a name to their child's problems--and they cannot just turn to their doctor for help." (7/17/09)
From My Life With 3 Boys: "I cannot believe that there is so little understanding in the medical community that families are struggling to find help--to put a name to their child's problems--and they cannot just turn to their doctor for help." (7/17/09)
Sensory Integration and Implications on Understanding Speech
From Autism - Change.org: "Autism may be less "mysterious" when our experience of the world, such as our experience of others' speech, is better understood. This can pave the way to more accommodating environments which may lead to more opportunities and a higher quality of life." (7/5/09)
From Autism - Change.org: "Autism may be less "mysterious" when our experience of the world, such as our experience of others' speech, is better understood. This can pave the way to more accommodating environments which may lead to more opportunities and a higher quality of life." (7/5/09)
Sensory Diet
From My Life With 3 Boys: "It took me a long time to realize that Sensory Diet had nothing to do with recreating what my OT does. Funny as that may be, it really doesn't." (6/9/09)
From My Life With 3 Boys: "It took me a long time to realize that Sensory Diet had nothing to do with recreating what my OT does. Funny as that may be, it really doesn't." (6/9/09)
Interview with Carol Kranowitz on Sensory Integration Dysfunction
From ComeUnity: "Until I learned about Sensory Integration dysfunction, I could not find a pattern in these children. The only common thread - and this is what troubled me the most - was their sadness." (4/20/09)
From ComeUnity: "Until I learned about Sensory Integration dysfunction, I could not find a pattern in these children. The only common thread - and this is what troubled me the most - was their sadness." (4/20/09)