From the category archives:

Sensory Processing Disorder

Garanimals and Soft Clothing for Adults with Autism/Asperger’s…if only.

April 26, 2010

This is not my idea; it’s my husband’s because fashion chic is not my forté.  The color has to feel right.  The fabric has to feel right.  The fit of the clothing has to be right.  Ten minutes or three hours later, I rip those clothes off because they don’t feel right, and my breathing [...]

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Do you hear, taste, feel, smell, and see too much-Could it be SPD?

December 31, 2009

Some sounds hurt your ears.  Some tastes are so repulsive, you can’t eat.  Some smells make you want to run away.  Visual clutter or movement is confusing.  Certain touches make you jump back.  Could you have sensory processing disorder? You feel so many things as ultra-sensitive–some more than others.  When I was a kid through [...]

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Sensory Processing Disorder Book Review: I’m Not Weird, I Have SPD by Chynna Laird

August 13, 2009

Talk about echoes of my childhood and my present with my Sensory Processing Disorder (a.k.a. Sensory Integrative Dysfunction). In the book, I’m Not Weird, I have SPD, author Chynna Laird uses descriptive words like:  hurt, screamed, pain, and scared. Those are words that I use to this day as an adult with SPD. Sensory overload [...]

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