What is Sensory Processing Disorder? - VS Sensory Overloads (Autism)
Channel: Thomas Henley
Date: 2019-07-28

Sensory processing disorder or sensory integration disorder was long been thought to be 100% associated with an autistic spectrum disorder... HOWEVER, in 2013, they found that SPD can be a stand-alone condition, meaning someone without autism can experience sensory overloads, sensory sensitivities, and sensory difficulties.

This disorder can affect a multitude of different senses, causing hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity to:
- Auditory stimuli (Loud noises, quiet noises, etc)
- Visual stimuli (Bright lights)
- Tactile stimuli (Strange food textures, aspects of clothing, different pain tolerances)
- Temperature (Hot/cold sensitivity or insensitivity)
- Smell (Extreme reactions to different smells, or anosmia)
- Proprioception (Body awareness difficulties, bumping into others)
- Vestibular (Balance difficulties) 

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