Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID)

[Chemar]

I am copying and pasting what I wrote for Lolly on this subject for anyone who hasnt yet learned about it.

 

Many people with neuro issues like TS ADHD etc also have SID, and so it is really important to gain knowledge about it to better help understand reactions to certain sensory inputs

 

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sensory integration dysfunction causes a hypersensitivity in the five senses...visual, smell, taste, hearing and touch.

In most people with SID it is the touch sense that is most bothersome...known as tactile defensiveness. They cant stand the "feel" of certain things and are mega sensitive to certain tactile stimuli. This is why so many with SID react to certain clothes, labels in shirts, seams in socks etc. Also bedding texture and weight etc etc

Most hate the feel of wool.

Cotton seems to work best.

My son gets freaked out by light feathery touch (eg the labels) and says things have to feel "firm", yet he also will not sleep with heavy covers...they have to be very lightweight 

 

The SID can result in very finickity eating habits because of the taste/smell stuff, and a strong reaction to perfumes and other chemicals

 

Deep bass booms or high treble pitches are almost painful for some

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as many on this forum can attest, on the visual side, flashing and fluorescent lights are very disturbing, and some also react to TV/Computer etc

 

 

There is an EXCELLENT book on Sensory Integration Dysfunction called "The Out of Sync Child" by Carol Stock Kranowitz

 

 

I guess I should have subtitled this "Wanna know why those labels in clothes drive you nuts?"

[Guest Guest]

My son has alot of these symptoms. Certain "feel" of clothes, Pants have to be just right on the length, shirts cannot be too long. But one thing I have definitely noticed is when I vaccum, he starts screaming, talking loud and going wild...

Funny uh?

[Guest ChatRbox]

My son has SID & was going to occupational therphy(it really helped). You couldn't touch him lightly (like rubbing his back) because he would scream, but if y ou rubbed hard (deep pressure) he was fine. Also he used to like to spin alot(like on a tire swing) & stomped his feet when he walked (not enough impact being registered to the brain). Sometimes when he was upset he would go into his room and lay between the mattress and the box spring of his bed (for the deep pressure). Lould noised really bothered him. Even when he would screem, he would cover his own ears.