Parents of toddlers are used to dealing with picky eaters, but kids with
sensory processing disorder often eat so little in both amount and variety that nutrition becomes a very real issue.
Not exact matches
In particular, children who are later diagnosed with ADHD or autism spectrum
disorder often have trouble
processing sensory stimuli and regulating how they respond to their environments, according to a May 2007 article in «British Columbia Medical Journal.»
These problems are sometimes linked to
sensory processing disorders and where they do occur they are
often severe.
Anxiety and rigidity are very
often part of
sensory processing disorder.
In Ross Greene's excellent book, The Explosive Child, he introduces a paradigm for understanding children with ADHD,
sensory processing challenges, oppositional defiant
disorder, and similar conditions: When children misbehave, it's
often because the demands of the situation exceed what they are developmentally able to handle.