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hi,
i'm a mom to 4 awesome girls, one of whom has SI with questionable AS. am looking forward to talking, getting to know others who are familiar with SI/AS, and hopefully learning more about our daughter and how/what we can do to help her. look forward to chatting with you all...!

SI? AS I know of but SI?

Anyway, welcome to Wrong Planet.

sensory integration, right ? welcome ! lots of parents here post on the parents discussion board ~ as well as other places

yup, SI...sensory integration dysfunction...meaning they are either hypo or hyper stim...extra sensitive to sounds, taste, smell, textures of clothing and food etc, or not sensitive enough so they seek out the stimulation by acting out, crashing into things on purpose, jumping, spinning etc...it is associated with autistim/aspergers, being part of the 'symptoms'. it can also manifest itself all alone, without any other disorders but i think that may be kind of rare. there are things that can be done to help the sensitivities, usually these activities are recommended by a OT...thru our experience, it has helped.

welcome to the planet