It can help to be sensitive to the child’s needs when they're experiencing sensory overload.

Eating disorders are complicated mental illnesses characterized by a disruption in a person’s eating patterns, leading to mental and physical complications. Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a ...

By Times’ Junior Journalist Josh Arnold Have you ever wondered why some people find an environment noisy while others don’t?

Emotional dysregulation is an invisible string linking sensory processing, anxiety, and ADHD in children, according to new research that explores the relationship between sensory processing subtypes ...

At an occupational therapy appointment in Chicago, a therapist wrapped colorful wrist and ankle weights on a four-year-old girl with pigtails. The patient had been ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neurological disorder characterized by repeated behaviors such as cleaning and checking despite clear objective evidence of cleanliness, orderliness, and ...

A cross-sectional study of 221 Australian adults found that self-reported sensitivity to external sensory information was ...

Does My Child Have a Language Processing Disorder? Children learn to talk over a period of several years by listening to and interacting with their parents, siblings, and others around them. Some ...