What exactly is Sensory Integration? Simply stated - it is the technique of teaching an individual to use his/her own sensory systems in the proper manner to calm and focus their mind and body. This ...

Sensory integration is an essential part of your development — it helps define everything from the way you see and hear things in the world, to the way that your body exists in space and more. Yet, ...

An innovative sensory stimulation program — involving nature, scents, sounds, and colors to constantly provide pleasant sensory stimuli that promote wellness — helps assisted-living and memory-care ...

Sensory issues can be a deeply painful part of a life on the spectrum. Sadly, many of us on the spectrum, and the people who love us, have found very little published on these sometimes deeply ...

PITTSFIELD — We all have our likes and dislikes. The food we eat. The clothes we wear. The places and situations we find either comfortable or somehow awkward, even scary or upsetting. For most of us, ...

When Joanne Sciortino brought her 8-month-old daughter Victoria home from a Russian orphanage, she knew something wasn’t quite right. "From immediately being on the train and watching her rock herself ...

Sensory processing disorders are conditions that affect how the brain processes sensory information. They can cause over or undersensitivity to sensory information, including sight, sound, and touch.

Children with a sensory processing disorder may have an increased or decreased sensitivity to sensory input, such as light, sound, and touch. They may avoid or seek out sensory stimulation as a result ...

The interplay between olfactory and gustatory perceptions forms a cornerstone of flavour perception, whereby the integration of smell and taste signals creates the complex sensory experiences ...

Four-year-old Elliott experiences a different world than most of us do. He can smell a freshly peeled banana from across a room. The hum of a running blender hurts his ears. He abhors the feeling of ...