Sensory Processing Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) can be a standalone condition and also a feature of autism, ADHD, PANS/PANDAS and learning disabilities. Learn about root causes of SPD as well as therapies that help rewire the body to the brain.
Sensory Processing Disorder Articles
Neurodevelopmental Therapy Checklist
Not Just for Autism Therapy is a critical piece of healing a child with autism, and we have created an autism therapy checklist to help you out. Please note therapies listed in this checklist may also be helpful for children ... Read More
How Phenols and Salicylates May Be Contributing to Your Child’s Mood, Behavior and Hyperactivity
Phenols are the chemical compounds that give color to foods such as the red in a raspberry and the blue in a blueberry; phenolic compounds created by plants are called salicylates. Phenols are also found in artificial colors, artificial flavors ... Read More
Sensory Integration Dysfunction and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer explains the history of Sensory Integration Dysfunction and Sensory Processing Disorder. If any sense is inefficient, the integration process can be disrupted, and Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID) - a term coined by A ... Read More
Sensory Diet
In this blog post, Bonnie Hanschu OTR and Myania Moses OT explain what a sensory diet is and how to incorporate it into everyday life. What Is a Sensory Diet? What helps you get started in the morning? Hot shower? ... Read More
Preventing Sensory Processing Disorder in High-Risk Infants
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LDN discusses how a good neurological diet and healing the gut may stave off Sensory Processing Disorder in a high-risk infant. Three-year-old Charlie was recently diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and his parents were relieved to ... Read More
Undiagnosed Lyme Disease
Nika Hamblin relates her personal story of dealing with undiagnosed Lyme disease in this post. A Long Time to Get Proper Diagnosis Many years ago, my husband and I were living in southern Germany. I became very ill with what ... Read More
Learning-Related Vision Problems
In this blog post, Patricia Lemer MEd LPC explains what learning-related vision problems are and how to correct them. An estimated 25% of school-age children have learning-related vision problems. Students can have difficulties in any of a number of areas ... Read More
Vision Affects Behavior
Difficult behaviors can potentially be changed by improving vision, but most people don’t know that vision affects behavior, attention, learning and processing. They should, however, because the brains of children with autism, ADD/ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and learning disabilities prevent ... Read More
Sensory Processing Disorder Stories
Kyle: Sensory Processing Disorder and ADHD
Where do I begin? Should I start with my being pregnant and working at a stressful job in New York City? Maybe I should first write about my family history of celiac and not knowing that having undiagnosed gluten intolerance ... Read More
Leo: Autism
excerpted from A Compromised Generation:  The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children Upon meeting Leo for the first time, it is difficult to grasp that this friendly, bright-eyed 10½ year old boy once had autism. There is nothing about ... Read More
Ella: Almost Autism
Something Was Wrong I knew something wasn't quite right shortly after giving birth to my daughter, Ella. Nursing was difficult. When she started ''waking up" after those early weeks there was no "peace" about her. She wriggled and writhed and arched, ... Read More
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