From the category archives:

Reducing Stimuli

Family TV Watching and Autism

May 8, 2009

You can help your child with autism lower their stress level with some simple rules about family TV watching.
As a child and now an adult with autism and sensory processing disorder, I know that TV can be stressful to the point of jumping, tears, anger, confusion, and other reactions.   As an adult, I have [...]

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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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