Asperger syndrome
Dyssemia
autism
PDD-NOS
Atypical autism
childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD)
- Letting Go of Asperger’s @ The Atlantic - "The term Asperger’s was becoming shorthand for hyper-focused, often precocious talent and a socially awkward personality—a potential lonely misfit or even, as Nora Ephron once wrote, a “prick,” the kind of guy who might cook up a social-media site in his dorm room to take revenge on some girl who had spurned him. Who needed all that baggage? Not us, I figured, and not Jacob, though it was easy enough to spot the symptoms, starting with his very early and intense obsession with letters, which he seemed to relate to more easily than he did to his peers. Several years later, he was deep into programming languages and still having trouble getting on anybody else’s wavelength. This was obvious to us. What, we asked ourselves at the time, could a label teach us about our son that we didn’t already know?"
- This Girl’s Heartbreaking Note Shows Why We Need to Accept AutisM
- Child Having a Meltdown? Here Are 7 Tips to Help Calm It - For autism, but works good for everything else,too!
Sensory processing disorder
- "Sensory processing disorder (SPD; also known as sensory integration dysfunction) is a condition that exists when multisensory integration is not adequately processed in order to provide appropriate responses to the demands of the environment.The senses provide information from various modalities — vision, audition, tactile, olfactory, taste, proprioception, and vestibular system — that humans need to function. Sensory processing disorder is characterized by significant problems to organize sensation coming from the body and the environment and manifested by difficulties in the performance in one or more of the main areas of life: productivity, leisure and play or activities of daily living.Different people experience a wide range of difficulties when processing input coming from a variety of senses, particularly tactile (e.g. finding fabrics itchy and hard to wear while others do not), vestibular (e.g. experiencing motion sickness while riding a car) and proprioceptive (having difficulty grading the force to hold a pen in order to write)." - Wikipedia
- "Sensory Processing Disorder can affect people in only one sense–for example, just touch or just sight or just movement–or in multiple senses. One person with SPD may over-respond to sensation and find clothing, physical contact, light, sound, food, or other sensory input to be unbearable. Another might under-respond and show little or no reaction to stimulation, even pain or extreme hot and cold. In children whose sensory processing of messages from the muscles and joints is impaired, posture and motor skills can be affected." - SPD Foundation
- @Sensory Smarts
- "SMD consists of three subtypes:Sensory over-responsivity.Sensory under-responsivity.Sensory craving/seeking" - Wikipedia
- NSPT 4 Kids
- Sensory Modulation Disorder @ Sensational Brain - "Over-responsivity: An exaggerated response of the nervous system to sensory input. For example, people who get motion sick easily are over-responding to vestibular input (the sensation of movement). The nervous system goes into fight-or-flight mode even when no real danger exists.Under-responsivity: A lack of response, or insufficient response to the sensory environment. Sometimes these people appear to be daydreaming or unfocused on what is happening around them. They may also be uncoordinated and have difficulty with motor skills development. Sensory-seeking: The nervous system of the sensory-seeker needs intense input in order for the sensation to be registered properly in the brain. Therefore the sensory-seeker craves intense sensations constantly."
- Sensory Modulation Disorder @ Irvine Therapy Services, Inc.
- Sensory Modulation Disorder, Sensory Seeking, Characteristics for Autism
- SPD Star - What is Sensory Processing Disorder
- Signs, Symptoms & Side Effects of Sensory Processing Disorder @ Ascent