inattention/sensory?

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How many kids dx'd with ASd have sensory processing issues/or not?

How does inattention and distractibiilty performance relate to a sensory profile? Why would it even be mentioned on a sensory profile?

thanks,

equinn

Found this information about Sensory Processing Disorder......Perhaps the mention of inattention and distractibility means that the person in question has Type III..........At this point in time, none of my aspies are dxed with this. Daughter is going for eval on Dec 6~ who knows what we'll find out.



Sensory Processing Disorder is being used as a global umbrella term that includes all forms of this disorder, including three primary diagnostic groups:

Type I- Sensory Modulation Disorder
Type II- Sensory Based Motor Disorder
Type III- Sensory Discrimination Disorder
Type I- Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD)- Over- or under responding to sensory stimuli or seeking sensory stimulation. This group may include a fearful and/or anxious pattern, negative and/or stubborn behaviors, self-absorbed behaviors that are difficult to engage or creative or actively seeking sensation.

Type II- Sensory Based Motor Disorder (SBMD)- Shows motor output that is disorganized as a result of incorrect processing of sensory information.

Type III- Sensory Discrimination Disorder (SDD)- Sensory discrimination or postural control challenges and/or dyspraxia seen in inattentiveness, disorganization, poor school performance

hmmm...you mean like trying to process the first part of a sentence, while the following clauses fall on deaf ears? that's what I'm told I have.

My son has serious sensory issues. It is funny because in his class picture, the 3 kids who are ASD are all looking away from the camera while the rest are looking at the camera when the pic was taken. Don't know if that is a coincidence or not.

Distractability might be a sign of sensory processing problems because the kids tend to over focus on the thing that they are having trouble modulating. My son is hypersensitive to visual information. His OT tells me that he is completely distracted by people moving in and out of the gym when he's with her, to the point where he will stop playing and stare at whoever walks in. He also gets very distracted by written information.

He is currently obsessed with the name chart in his class, not because of the names of the kids in his class, because he can already read those. He is obsessed with the BACK of the chart because it has names of the morning class kids whom he doesn't know. He has so far only figured out about 5 of them, and I think it is just bugging him to death that he doesn't know who the rest are. So now, that is all that he wants to talk about after school.

So instead of talking about his day, what we're having for dinner, etc., he's stuck on who's in the morning class, what name starts with a C and ends with an R, is Chandler a boy or girl's name.....I think that is totally related to his visual processing. The regular ed kids in his class couldn't care less what the back of the chart says, let alone the FRONT of the chart with their own names on it.

But were they still looking in the direction of the photographer? I used to get so angry when I was told to look at the picture taking - I was already looking directly at them. No one ever said "Look at the camera" they said things like "Look at me" so how I was supposed to know they meant "look at the camera," and not something like "look at my chest."

I've recently come into a frew photo albums with several of my childhood pictures. I'm looking ahead, but my eyes are never in the "correct" position - it looks awkward. However, I most definately was looking at the photographer when the pic was taken

When you do look at the camera, you end up getting blinded by the flash. Maybe some kids are hip to this and look in the other direction.