Mary,
I called my sister and sent her the SPD link you gave me and some others I found. When I talked to her on the phone she didn't seem to jump on the idea right away, but then her life is so overwhelming as it is. Today, I sent her a piece from your email that describes your son's eating preferences (e.g. the black cake scenario, etc.), and that seemed to make something click for her. She said----
"This is an interesting idea. Laura is even more picky, she wouldn’t even eat any of the cake or have a sandwich even on toast and never have noodles of any kind."
I'm keeping my fingers crossed! If this can at least bring some understanding of Laura's problem it could make a big difference.
Thank you so much again, Mary. I hope all is going well with your son and the help he is getting.
Be well, Celia
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Hi Celia!
I hope considering your neice *may* be suffering from this is helpful? Especially if she is old enough to perhaps want to do something about it? My son's food issues are not that big a deal - this issue seems to exist on a spectrum - from some of the "kids' food issues" I've read about, his are more mild....but he has real motor skill problems - which is how the school got involved - his writing looks like that of a preschooler - but this diagnosis puts a lot of pieces together - the eating thing, fear of amusement park rides etc...
Working with an occupational therapist can supposedly help decrease the "overreactive response", as well as validate this is a condition, and she is not "trying to be difficult" - sometimes just putting a name to what a person is experiencing can help them feel better, and that it is not their fault! Like you mentioned, it's the understanding what she is experiencing that can be helpful...
If/when your sister is ready to address this, now she knows what to inquire about, at least!
Take care,
Mary
I hope considering your neice *may* be suffering from this is helpful? Especially if she is old enough to perhaps want to do something about it? My son's food issues are not that big a deal - this issue seems to exist on a spectrum - from some of the "kids' food issues" I've read about, his are more mild....but he has real motor skill problems - which is how the school got involved - his writing looks like that of a preschooler - but this diagnosis puts a lot of pieces together - the eating thing, fear of amusement park rides etc...
Working with an occupational therapist can supposedly help decrease the "overreactive response", as well as validate this is a condition, and she is not "trying to be difficult" - sometimes just putting a name to what a person is experiencing can help them feel better, and that it is not their fault! Like you mentioned, it's the understanding what she is experiencing that can be helpful...
If/when your sister is ready to address this, now she knows what to inquire about, at least!
Take care,
Mary
You're right Mary, we are still in the *may* be a possibility stage!
I find it interesting though as my mother may have had some signs of this, and I feel I do as well (in a mild form) so it makes me curious about a genetic link. My sister often bemoans (humorously) that Laura is more like me than her so there may be something to that innocent comment.
I am reading the book, "Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight" right now (about adults with sensory defensiveness) and find it fascinating.
All the best,
Celia
I find it interesting though as my mother may have had some signs of this, and I feel I do as well (in a mild form) so it makes me curious about a genetic link. My sister often bemoans (humorously) that Laura is more like me than her so there may be something to that innocent comment.
I am reading the book, "Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight" right now (about adults with sensory defensiveness) and find it fascinating.
All the best,
Celia
I beleive in magic!