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About Sensory Integration:

“Sensory integration refers to how a person registers, processes, and uses all the various sensations coming from within the body and the environment. We usually think of the senses as separate channels of information, but they actually work together to give us a reliable picture of the world and our place in it. For instance, right now your senses are working together to read this. You hear background sounds and feel clothing, shoes, and the chair beneath you. You easily keep yourself in a seated position. You see letters on the computer screen. All your senses are integrated. Without conscious effort, you are filtering out sensations that are not important so you can get meaning out of what you are reading.
 
If you occasionally lose focus on what you're doing because the clothing label in your shirt annoys you, you have a mild sensory issue. If you stop reading because you keep sliding off your chair, look up from the computer every time you hear a car outside, feel like your shirt is strangling you, and get dizzy because the letters seem to pulsate, you're experiencing sensory processing disorder--also known as sensory integration dysfunction (SID).

While we all have sensory preferences and tolerances, SI dysfunction can significantly interfere with play, learning, and social interactions. It's extremely useful to understand how this works and what can be done to help if you or a child you care about has sensory integration issues.”

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