#sensory integration dysfunction

[verycluelesscreature]

Remember when you were younger and went to OT and they forced us to brush our teeth with peanut butter and made us lay down in swings in complete darkness? Do you remember that? That total normal experience that everyone has had?…Right? Everyone had to do that? Remember?

[fierycavalier]

My man's got auditory processing disorder, and I'm cursed with whatever the exact opposite of that is. So I can hear his phone buzz from the other side of the house, but he has no idea he's getting a call until I go over there and tell him to pick up his dang phone.

[thisisnumber3]

How are my fellow autistic people handling pandemic life? And life in general?

Personally, my anxiety has been through the roof. My sensory integration dysfunction makes the mask very difficult for any extended period of time. Those combined... makes going out almost unbearable. Any coping recommendations?? What are y’all struggling with? 

[owletstarlet]

*stands on your front porch at 3AM with a bullhorn* WRITE! CHARACTERS! WITH! SENSORY! DISORDERS! WRITE! CHARACTERS! WITH! SENSORY! DISORDERS! WRITE! CH—

(Except, like. A metaphorical bullhorn. Because I have a sensory disorder and do not like bullhorns.)

[kamiyu910]

Sigh... a fellow singer tagged a bunch of us in a post saying we should save up our money and go to a concert next year in limos and everything, and since we’re all classical singers, I was thinking like an opera or orchestra or something along those lines.

No.

And honestly, I’m really put off by the suggestions. Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Pink... Like... no. Those concerts would kill me, and I don’t even like their music. I’d get sensory overloaded so quick and want to crawl in a corner and hide while plugging my ears...

[fierycavalier]

I have a ringing in my ears that sounds exactly like when a TV is on mute and I've had it for probably a month now

One time my ears were popping all the time and the doctor said my hearing was "awesome" and it was most likely caused by stress

[owletstarlet]

(Can I just say it’s really weird sometimes writing physical affection when you’ve got a sensory disorder...like, romantic or otherwise, even just casual touches, someone laying their hand on your arm or touching your back or slinging their arm around your shoulder. Because I’m like. I would hate a lot of that, I’d squirm away because it would hurt me and freak me out (and subsequently hurt the other person’s feelings), and I couldn’t stand it for long unless it was on my own terms and I sought it out, but. Other people like it, right? ...Right? I wish I liked it.

[sensorypeople]

Bead Balloon for Hand Strengthening - Best Toys 4 Toddlers

Water Bead Balloons certainly will work on strengthening you child's hand muscles in a fun way kids love!

This would be a great solution for heavy work of just for people who need to relieve some stress.

Miriam, Mod.