They just can't stand it
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.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
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.)