Just a short post today to share some news. Today I went to CAMHS with DD2 to get her Sensory Preferences Assessment Report. (Warning - slightly boring info coming up! Sensory processing refers to the way the nervous system receives sensory messages and turns them into responses). DD2 is over-responsive (registers sensations more intensely) to sound, sight, movement, touch and smell. This basically means that everything is louder, brighter, faster, hotter, colder, smellier and generally more overwhelming than it is for us! To get a small sense of what this is like go to YouTube and search for "An animated introduction to asperger syndrome - part 2"
I watched this short video with DD2 yesterday and she said it is very accurate - it certainly helped me to understand her confusion and frustration sometimes and I hope it helps me to remember to be more patient with her. I hope that sharing this video will also help others to understand a little bit more about Aspergers Syndrome.
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