sensory integration disorder
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Summer, Sleep and Sensory Integration
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During the winter, instead of using a single fiber-filled comforter, I’ve learned to layer blankets on my son’s bed. This has the effect of keeping him warm and providing a nice amount of weight to provide soothing sensory input. But in the summer, when it’s too warm for anything, how can that sensory […]
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From Un-Mitigated to Slightly-Mitigated Disaster
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I should have known better. When the note came home that Gus had pushed another student, I should have known that he was having an ‘off’ day. He has never in his life done that (not until the 25 mg of Strattera, but that’s for another day). He was kind of grumpy […]
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Co-Morbidities of Autism and Asperger’s
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John Byrne cartoon
Co-Morbidities - what a scary word! It sounds like some sort of mass death sentence. For the layperson, however, co-morbidities are just multiple conditions that present at the same time.
At the seminar I attended last week, Dr. Ortiz discussed these conditions. He distinguishes between Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism by IQ scores, but […]
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An Experiment with Music
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On a whim I bought my kids a guitar. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Gus loves music and his sister had been asking for a guitar for ages (usually for my electric antique, and there’s no way she’s getting that one). They have a slew of other instruments, including an electric drum […]
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Proprioception and Sensory Integration
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Proprioception is the body’s way of understanding what it’s doing and where it is. It’s how the body knows the arm is indeed raised upward when trying to get the teacher’s attention. Aside from body positioning, it provides feedback about inner workings of the muscles (are they flexed or relaxed, stretching or contracting) and tendons. […]
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Thursday Thankfulness - a few days late
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The past few days have been insane, so I didn’t get to my Thursday Thankfulness. Here it is, and Happy Father’s Day as well!
1. I am thankful that my son is such a good eater with very few sensory issues with food. Especially now that he’s on Strattera, which is suppressing his appetite, it’s great […]
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Working Toward Inclusion
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kids playing in sprinklers - in swimsuits, not clothes
From the Oxford Compact Dictionary:
Include: verb 1 comprise or contain as part of a whole. 2 make or treat as part of a whole or set.
I give Gus’s school credit for making good attempts at being inclusive. There are two self-contained classes in the school, and they […]
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Zacbrowser Review
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I learned from a couple of sources that there is a new browser created especially for autistic children called ZAC - Zone for Autistic Children. I downloaded and tested the available beta version and also let my five year old at it. Gus was at school, but they have similar abilities and interests […]
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Sensory Integration - Try a Little Music
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My son has very sensitive hearing. When he was in Early Intervention, his Occupational Therapist tried AIT or Auditory Integration Therapy with him to prevent some of his meltdowns. Auditory Integration Therapy is a method that uses music modulated to remove different frequencies at random throughout a half hour CD. That was a particularly rough year - […]
