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Extra Needs

May 6, 2012 by Beth in Anxiety, Avoiders, Behavior, Diagnosis, SPD with 4 Comments

As a society we encourage our children to be different and that being different is a good thing. When different comes with a diagnosis though, we long for them to share the same simple joys in life as other children, at least I do.

Since finding out about SPD, realizing my son has it as well as having an OT and Pediatrician agree, I have done a lot of research. Throughout the research I have seen the term “special needs” being used to refer to children with SPD. For my son, I don’t see that. To me he has EXTRA needs and has had these extra needs since the day he was born.

We have to take extra time picking out his clothes, from buying them to actually wearing them.

We have to take extra time during a haircut to get the fallen hair off of him.

We have to take extra time going to the bathroom, making sure there isn’t toilet paper in the toilet since the sight of wet toilet paper makes him gag. …continue reading

Tags: Anxiety, Avoiders, behavior, Diagnosis, Family, Inspiration, Parenting, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social, SPD, SPD Awareness, special needs
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Pudding and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

April 30, 2012 by Spectrummy Mummy in ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, Behavior, Humor, Parenting, SPD, SPD Awareness with 7 Comments

Yesterday Pudding asked me to read her Alexander and the the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Pudding likes this book, but it goes in phases for her, and she hasn’t been interested in reading it for several months. I wondered if there was a reason for her choice….

I went to bed with Daddy in my room and then I woke up and Daddy wasn’t there, and I was scared. I went to Mummy and Daddy’s room, and they were asleep, so I had to wake them up to get in their bed. Daddy had to get out. Even though it hadn’t started yet, I could see it was going to be a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

When I woke up it was still dark and there were no birds singing yet, so I had to make noise instead. Mummy is grumpy, so I keep talking and turning until she cheers up. Eventually I hear Daddy get up, so I decide it is time to go downstairs.

Daddy wants me to do my therapeutic listening program, but I don’t want to. I don’t like wearing the head phones, and I don’t want to listen to that music. I pull the cord out of the CD player and Daddy makes me do it again from the beginning. I get my pink yoghurt on my Hello Kitty nightgown and I start to cry. It isn’t even 7 O’Clock, and already it is a Terrible Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

I think next time I’ll move to Australia. …continue reading

Tags: ADHD, Anxiety, Aspergers, Autism, behavior, Humor, Parenting, Sensory Processing Disorder, SPD, SPD Awareness
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Therapy at home

April 15, 2012 in Occupational Therapy, Sensory Diet, SPD, SPD Awareness, Therapy with 6 Comments

My son Roan has motor planning and sensory integration challenges. He’s under reactive in general and needs to get his little body motivated to focus on his fine and gross motor activities. We do some

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There are days we are beating this and days we don’t – Our lessons learned!

February 18, 2012 in Autism, Diagnosis, Early Intervention, SPD, SPD Awareness, Support with 7 Comments

There are days I feel I’m “beating this” and there are days I feel like “it’s beating” me. The beating now is process of diagnosis and evaluation for services. I have to admit. It’s frustrating!

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How we managed the Big Kid Event

February 6, 2012 in Advice, Behavior, Parenting, Sensory Diet, SPD Awareness with 5 Comments

Swap-N-Play, the fabulous sharing and playing space in our neighborhood, had its third year and hosted a massive birthday party to celebrate. Simon spends a lot of time there; it’s his substitute for the socialization

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Wishing and hoping

January 7, 2012 in Advice, Inspiration, Parenting, School, SPD with 10 Comments

Wishing and hoping. When I started writing this I was going to talk of all the things I dream about for my family, my daughter and myself. I realized that instead of wishing or hoping or praying I

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Peace on Earth

December 25, 2011 in Holiday, Parenting, SPD, SPD Awareness with 1 Comment

To our amazing community: The SPD Blogger Network team decided to not feature a post from one of our writers today, Christmas Day. We know that many of our friends have the day off and

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Letter to Teacher: Little Man 101

December 18, 2011 in Advice, School, Sensory Diet, SPD Awareness with 25 Comments

After having had our student teacher conference the other week, my little man is still having a tough time going to school. Some days are tougher than others; while once in a while, he actually

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