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 ...

It’s unbearable to wear clothing with tags. It’s impossible to use scissors, no matter how many times you try. All mushy or soft foods are unbearable — not because of the flavor, but the consistency.

If you or your child has SPD, you can over- or under-respond to sensory input. SPD is diagnosed based on caregiver reports ...

“Everybody thinks they’re ‘a bad kid,’” said Lucy Jane Miller of the Sensory Therapies and Research Center in Greenwood Village, Colo. “But they’re not a bad kid, they’re just misunderstood.” (ERIN ...

This documentary is both an exploration and personal account of Sensory Processing Disorder. The experts guided me to a greater understanding of my own affliction. SPD, as it's abbreviated, is ...

At the age of six, Jack Craven started telling his mother he wanted to die. “God made a mistake when he made me,” he would say. “Why can’t I just die?” His mother, Lori Craven, says she didn’t even ...

Are you wondering whether your child could have Sensory Processing Disorder — or wondering what it even is? To help, we've rounded up some of the basics on the condition, as well as key signs of ...

Sensory processing differences refer to atypical ways in which the brain receives, organizes, and responds to sensory inputs such as sound, touch, light, movement ...