tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post8229489290551349211..comments2024-01-01T12:23:30.028-08:00Comments on Coming To My Senses: Sensory Processing Disorder Adults and Parents Speak Out in ParallelRachel S. Schneider, M.A., MHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550842365173231153noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post-51818104055721274052014-09-04T13:54:35.255-07:002014-09-04T13:54:35.255-07:00Thanks Annetta! I am always so grateful for your i...Thanks Annetta! I am always so grateful for your insight and perspective. I think so many adults - SPD and neurotypical - forget to be that "good parent" to themselves. Seeing the slight change in tone from our answers to the SPD parent answers, it really screamed out at me: we must continue to root for ourselves and believe in what we can do - just like SPD parents. Please share and pin away! Must continue to engage people in our experiences.Rachel S. Schneider, M.A., MHChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550842365173231153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post-85693316389412547242014-09-04T13:52:16.710-07:002014-09-04T13:52:16.710-07:00Thanks Amelia! I'm somewhere in the middle of ...Thanks Amelia! I'm somewhere in the middle of our SPD "spectrum," for lack of a better term here, but I understand what you're saying - maybe we can do more than others at times. Regardless, SPD is an invisible disability, and it's always tough to show others what it means to have this disorder. You know it's real, I know it's real, and the entire group of adults with this knows it's real. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what anyone else says about it as long as you can accept that this is just who you are and how you operate. I grabbed some Chex, so you're in good crunchy company!Rachel S. Schneider, M.A., MHChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550842365173231153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post-50051030907935160162014-09-04T13:47:03.491-07:002014-09-04T13:47:03.491-07:00Wow! This post is amazing! I understand my own beh...Wow! This post is amazing! I understand my own behaviors better now. Many people have always been impressed by my mature character, yet I am scared to death of leaving home, being independent. It's like one-third of me is a normal twenty-one year old (which is my age), yet one-third of me acts like a twenty-nine year old (because I have had to deal with a lot of junk in connection with SPD), but also there is that one-third that still feels and acts like an eleven year old (because SPD has stunted that part of me a little). What you said about having to be your own parents and yet lack things that a normal child would have experienced really hit home!! I hope what I'm saying makes sense. Anyway, thank you, thank you for writing this!!! Definitely sharing and pinning this! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726634325431059167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post-35971957192512997072014-09-04T13:44:49.327-07:002014-09-04T13:44:49.327-07:00It's nice to read something and feel the conne...It's nice to read something and feel the connection to others, specifically the dropping of items, the random and mysterious bruises and the random loss of balance. I was diagnosed 2 years ago and was told I'm on the low end of the spectrum, as my SPD doesn't overly impact my life (I beg to differ sometimes). When I read posts like these it really does put it all into perspective for me, I don't know need an array of sunglasses, I just need to have them. I don't always need ear plugs but I keep them on hand. I don't need a weighted blanket, I just need to feel the weight of a blanket other than just my sheet. Sometimes I wish I did have it worse so more people would believe that this is a real condition and not just something in my head. <br /><br />Now you said something about crunchy and now I want crunchy...good thing my co-workers keep a supply of pretzels on hand at work!Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post-46927698256142496302014-09-04T13:22:57.818-07:002014-09-04T13:22:57.818-07:00Thanks for the wonderful feedback! So happy to hea...Thanks for the wonderful feedback! So happy to hear from someone who understands both sides of this interesting issue. Rachel S. Schneider, M.A., MHChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550842365173231153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421099117611643039.post-54085905295343413632014-09-04T12:57:12.729-07:002014-09-04T12:57:12.729-07:00As a parent and an adult with sensory processing d...As a parent and an adult with sensory processing disorder this really is the truth. I am grateful to have wonderful people who have stood up and spoke for us who are too tried to do so. I am glad we can look at this with a sense of humor, I am glad we can continue to educate adults and children around us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com