Imagine you're sitting in class or at work and suddenly the tag on the back of your shirt starts irritating you. As hard as you try, you can't focus on anything but wanting to rip it out.
We learned on Thursday that for Brayden, many things in life are 'tags' for him. Too many people in his space, putting on a shirt, having his face touched, washing in the bath tub, being confined, even having his diaper changed. I can't really put the following in my own words, so this is an excerpt of his evaluation report to give some a better understanding of his Sensory Processing Disorder.
"Children who have sensory sensitivity have a high ability to notice what is going on in their environment. They have a pattern of directing their attention to the latest stimulus that presents itself, which distracts them from what they were doing. They can be bothered by things that others may not even notice.. Children who are sensation avoids cope with stimuli by keeping it at bay, either by withdrawing from the stimuli or by engaging in an emotional outburst that enables them to get our of the threatening situation. Children with a low threshold tend to be fussy and require a great deal of structure."
His impairments of reciprocal social interactions, communication, behavior and restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities also indicate that he is autistic.
The game plan is that he will receive home visits in June and August and go to therapy at school 3 times a week in July and during the school year. Also, because his SPD is so profound, they feel it would benefit greatly from additional sensory therapy in a medical setting. While at school he will wear a weighted vest to help with his sensory. To help build his speech and communication they will be giving us picture cards for home. The cards will have a picture along with the word on them, which we will put on the fridge. We're hoping that he will learn to grab a card to show us what he wants since he can't communicate verbally.
I am very hopeful that with these therapies Brayden will finally be able to communicate with us, over come his sensory issues and be able to function in a typical classroom setting. I'm sure it will be gradual, but I'm excited!
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To those who don't know him, and even some who do, our little boy appears to be a typical happy, rambunctious toddler. However, there is more to him than meets the eye. This is our story of life with our special needs toddler as we go through his diagnosis, therapy and every day life.
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