Sensory Integration Dysfunction





Sensory Integration Dysfunction is a neurological disorder causing a person
to have difficulties in integrating information coming in from each of his
five senses. Sensory integration is varied among the population and
dysfunction in this area can range from very mild and unnoticeable to very
noticeable and affecting a person's daily life.

Children can be born ultrasensitive, or insensitive, in varying degrees in
any of their five senses. An example of an ultrasensitive child is one that
complains that her clothes hurt or itch her, or that the light is too
bright. Another example of ultrasensitive person is someone who does not
like to be touched or caressed, or someone who won't look directly into eyes
of another person. An example of an insensitive child is one who throws
himself into a wall in order to get a sense of his body.

Sensory integration dysfunction is a common symptom of Autism. Often an
autistic child receives too much information through his senses, and in
order to turn down the volume, he avoids people, noises and bright lights.
The autistic child has not learned to integrate and modulate the information
from his five senses.