They just can’t stand it
July 21, 2010 in Special Needs News by Admin Dawn
It’s unbearable to wear clothing with tags. It’s impossible to use scissors, no matter how many times you try. All mushy or soft foods are unbearable – not because of the flavor, but the consistency.
Depending on whom you ask, it’s either common childhood behavior, a neurological disorder that requires intervention or something in between. Its name is sensory processing disorder, and it occurs, advocates say, when the brain cannot properly process incoming signals for an appropriate response.
read more at They just can’t stand it – CharlotteObserver.com.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Friendship Circle and Friendship Circle, Julia Roberts. Julia Roberts said: They just can't stand it: http://is.gd/dBmEc [...]
I am still a bit confused why Neurological disorders are pushed to be included in the DSMs. In my thinking, neuro disorders and pysch disorders are not the same thing. Welcome any insight on the topic anyone would care to share. (My concern, as a former pysch nurse, is that there remains a stigma associated with psychiatric disorders that other diseases don’t carry. I’m all for changing that.)