From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Fargo Flood–my 15-yr-old Sandbagging

March 28, 2009

My son lives in Fargo with his dad, three blocks from the rising flood waters, but behind a flood wall.  Max cares so much he’s been working every day at sandbagging the low-lying areas.  One night my son and his friend, Nigel, sandbagged from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.  His dad fed them a big [...]

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The skin is in: Softress is sensory-friendly body oil

March 25, 2009

For people like me who had Sensory Processing Disorder, Softress is a must-have. My skin had always felt crackly even though it wasn’t that dry. I felt my skin rubbing inside my clothes that to my acute senses felt like sandpaper. Now, I feel comfortable in my own skin. This I found surprising: After using [...]

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If I could have drawn this when I didn’t talk

March 19, 2009

Today, my daughter, who does not have autism, gave this to me, her mother who has autism. I’m sending this post to my Mum because when I was a kid I didn’t show much or say much, but I sure did love her. How do I love thee, let me count the ways:  oranges in [...]

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Greener than my beer from the 360 degree noises

March 18, 2009

That’s how I felt last night at the neighborhood bar celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. A cat will turn its ears toward a sound.  If there are too many sounds, the cat looks scared and will run away.  I’m like the cat when it comes to sound because it’s like my ears are turning toward each [...]

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Posture Overload in Sensory Processing Disorder

March 16, 2009

By Dr. Paul Drew, author of Red Carpet Posture Where posture could make a difference with SPD is that it’s one less overload of stimuli going to the central nervous system and the brain. If a person is standing, moving, or sitting with incorrect posture and not in the correct alignment, he or she may [...]

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I’m drunk on vestibular input

March 13, 2009

I feel like I’ve been drinking.  I am tipsy.  My brain is in a fog.  My eyes are seeing funny.  I have a headache like the morning after.  All I did was go to my Sensory Integration Therapy today. I’m going to bed, then tell you about it. Well, that was a long sleep.  I [...]

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What is Sensory Processing Disorder/Sensory Integration Dysfunction?

March 5, 2009

Sensory Processing Disorder or Dysfunction, also known as, Sensory Integration Disorder is a neurological disorder involving smell, hearing, pain, body position, taste, visual, temperature, and the body’s position and movement.  In short, the brain receives all this stimuli but can’t make sense of it so it reacts normally. Linda C. Stephens, MS, OTR, in an [...]

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The Sensory Blog Launches Mid-March

March 4, 2009

Seeking guest bloggers, experts to interview, and people to review sensory, ADHD, Asperger, and Autism books (free book).

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