Sensory processing or sensory integration refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into responses. Whether you are playing a football or writing with pen, your successful completion of the activity requires processing sensation. For those with Sensory Processing Disorder, sensory information goes into the brain but does not get organized into appropriate response.
Those with Sensory Processing Disorder do detect the sensory information; however, the sensory information gets “mixed up” in their brain and therefore the responses are inappropriate in the context in which they find themselves. Sensory Processing Disorder or Sensory Integration Dysfunction is a neurological disorder in which the sensory information that the individual perceives results in abnormal responses. A Pioneering Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, and Neuroscientist A.…
