Schizophrenia. Attention deficit disorder. Autism. Tourette's syndrome. There are any number of psychological and neurological disorders that could be confused with the symptoms of sensory integration ...

A recent study by a Taiwanese research team found that game-based therapy helps children with sensory integration dysfunction (SID) improve their body-kinesthetic skills across the board. SID is a ...

Sensory processing disorders are conditions that affect how the brain processes sensory information. They can cause over or undersensitivity to sensory information, including sight, sound, and touch.

Limited evidence suggests that sensory integration therapy may have a positive effect on individuals with autism. Sensory integration therapy, also referred to as Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI), is a ...

I am not an expert on Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID). I don’t know for sure what causes it. I possess limited knowledge of treatments. I don’t know how many people are diagnosed with it each ...

Sensory integration is an essential part of your development — it helps define everything from the way you see and hear things in the world, to the way that your body exists in space and more. Yet, ...

When Joanne Sciortino brought her 8-month-old daughter Victoria home from a Russian orphanage, she knew something wasn’t quite right. "From immediately being on the train and watching her rock herself ...

Brittany Dube is a public health professional with expertise in health education and community health. She works for her local Department of Health as a Behavioral Health, Health Promotion, and ...

Sensory processing disorder—also known as SPD or sensory integration disorder—is a term describing a collection of challenges that occur when the senses fail to respond properly to the outside world.

Children who are deemed ‘sensitive’ or ‘picky’ might be struggling with a treatable condition. By Meg St-Esprit This story was originally published on Sept. 17, 2019 in NYT Parenting. It’s no surprise ...