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 ...

Since I wrote about the differences between autism and sensory processing disorder, SPD, I’ve received many e-mails from parents asking for help recognizing SPD or accessing treatment for the ...

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.

Sensory processing disorder (or SPD) is a neurological condition in which someone cannot interpret external or internal stimuli the way a “neurotypical” person would. You know your five senses: sight, ...

On their website, the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation defines SPD (also known as Sensory Integration Disorder) thus: “A condition that exists when sensory signals don't get organized into ...

The symptoms seem like normal toddler or preschool behaviors: picky eating, tantrums over what clothes to wear and clumsiness. But for some children extreme sensitivity to certain things can be ...

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 ...

The gunman who shot 20 children and six adults at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school in December couldn’t handle being touched by anyone but his mother. When he was a young child, Adam Lanza was ...

A neuroimaging study comparing individuals with insomnia to healthy adults found disrupted connectivity in the sensory processing cortex and subcortical nuclei of the brain among those with insomnia.