Sensory processing disorder (or SPD) is a neurological condition in which someone cannot interpret external or internal stimuli the way a “neurotypical” person would. You know your five senses: sight, ...

All individuals have preferences for certain sensory stimuli and process their sensory environments in individualized ways. Traditionally, understanding sensory processing differences has been a ...

Kanner, in his ground-breaking “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” (1943), described numerous examples of atypical sensory processing in his case studies of autistic children, as well as how ...

In many homes, traditions like movie-and-pizza nights are anchors of family bonding. However, for those of us in neurodiverse families, these cherished occasions can turn into unexpected challenges.