Sensory Processing Disorder

Just recently my little guy was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder or SPD. Children with sensory processing disorder interpret their senses differently. There are many ways this disorder can show up and it can range in how extreme it is. Some signs can be a child that wants to be held all the time or they can hate being held. Sometimes they can melt down because of bright lights or cower because of loud noises. Sometimes they have low muscle tone, poor gross motor and fine motor skills. Sometimes they end up with bowel troubles because have trouble knowing when they have to go to the bathroom. Children with sensory processing disorder many times bumps into things. There are many more symptoms and a child with this disorder may have a few of them or many of them. With my little guy it has affected his hand writing, his eating, his sleeping, his bowels, his balance and many more areas of his life. When he was little he use to run out of the room with his hands over his ears if the tv came on too loud. He still has a very hard time if the sun is too bright. The bright light hurts his sensitive eyes. I try to buy clothes that are tagless or I end up cutting the tags out of them. We've know for a long time that he had sensory issues, it was quite obvious, but it took a while for the doctors to recognize it. To diagnosed Sensory Processing Disorder, a doctor needs to send the child to an Occupational Therapist (OT) for an evaluation. The treatment of SPD is going to Occupational Therapy. My little guy is going to OT every other week.