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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 604600" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>IC: Yeah, but what confuses sister in law is, that my difficult child is one of those in the minority who actually are hypersensitive but still sensory seeking. I really don't think he would have any hypo-sensitive senses, he does have some that are closer to normal, but his sense of touch, hearing, temperature, scent and taste etc. seem to be all hypersensitive. He is closer to average in pain and I'm not totally sure about vestibular and proprioceptive, but at least his sense in both is extremely acute. Still he is sensory seeker with most of his senses. This is a kid that always touched everything, put everything into his mouth (but didn't eat most foods when young), still haven't learned to consistently use the chair head pointing upwards and feet down, and still loves everything fast and whirling. On the other hand he can stand on a swiss ball and juggle with tennis balls simultaniously. And even things with he was sensory avoiding when young, have changed to normal or sensory seeking. He still doesn't love overly hot food, but he can eat some, with noise he has always been ambivalent (one of those who screamed like a fire bell because others were too loud) and all in all he has become even more a sensory seeker with age. But he was that from the beginning.</p><p></p><p>And I think difficult child may have been only kid sister in law has actually known to have diagnosed sensory issues. Niece is more a text book case with hypersensitivity and sensory avoidance and of course sensory seeker and sensory avoider don't look anything same. But because we mostly talked about difficult child's sensory issues in terms of him being hypersensitive (because that caused the problems we needed others to be aware of) I think sister in law has assumed that hypersensitive kid would be more like our difficult child. And that of course is not true. Most hypersensitive kids are certainly not sensory seekers. So she has some reading to do to wrap her brains over the idea that difficult child was an exception and her daughter can have same issue with very different behaviour.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">P.S. Yeah, you guessed correctly, it was certainly a fun ride with hypersensitive sensory seeker who got very easily overwhelmed by sensory stimuli <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 604600, member: 14557"] IC: Yeah, but what confuses sister in law is, that my difficult child is one of those in the minority who actually are hypersensitive but still sensory seeking. I really don't think he would have any hypo-sensitive senses, he does have some that are closer to normal, but his sense of touch, hearing, temperature, scent and taste etc. seem to be all hypersensitive. He is closer to average in pain and I'm not totally sure about vestibular and proprioceptive, but at least his sense in both is extremely acute. Still he is sensory seeker with most of his senses. This is a kid that always touched everything, put everything into his mouth (but didn't eat most foods when young), still haven't learned to consistently use the chair head pointing upwards and feet down, and still loves everything fast and whirling. On the other hand he can stand on a swiss ball and juggle with tennis balls simultaniously. And even things with he was sensory avoiding when young, have changed to normal or sensory seeking. He still doesn't love overly hot food, but he can eat some, with noise he has always been ambivalent (one of those who screamed like a fire bell because others were too loud) and all in all he has become even more a sensory seeker with age. But he was that from the beginning. And I think difficult child may have been only kid sister in law has actually known to have diagnosed sensory issues. Niece is more a text book case with hypersensitivity and sensory avoidance and of course sensory seeker and sensory avoider don't look anything same. But because we mostly talked about difficult child's sensory issues in terms of him being hypersensitive (because that caused the problems we needed others to be aware of) I think sister in law has assumed that hypersensitive kid would be more like our difficult child. And that of course is not true. Most hypersensitive kids are certainly not sensory seekers. So she has some reading to do to wrap her brains over the idea that difficult child was an exception and her daughter can have same issue with very different behaviour. [SIZE=1]P.S. Yeah, you guessed correctly, it was certainly a fun ride with hypersensitive sensory seeker who got very easily overwhelmed by sensory stimuli :winking:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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