Who likes to drive during rush hour? No one! What is life like for a person with sensory processing disorder (SPD)? An overwhelmed individual with SPD likened his life as having a “traffic jam” in his brain. If your child has sensory issues that often come hand-in-hand with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, ADD/ADHD, Tourette syndrome, etc. have your child evaluated by a professional.

Often the child will be referred to an occupational therapist (OT) who will be able to help your child. What will an OT suggest to parents to help their child with sensory integration issues?
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This morning serves as a good metaphor for the veracity of this life we lead.  In the distance, I hear the intermittent sounds of warning sirens.  The wind is rushing through the trees, bending the thin ones down in a show of submission to Mother Nature's power.  The taller trees standby as sentinels, yielding only their remaining leaves to the onslaught.  The clouds are a strange mixture of grey and the unseasonably warm air hangs heavy and resists giving itself away, not yet releasing the rain that will provide a return to the cooler air.

It all signals an unusually early beginning to tornado season in the South.
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A lot of people I know grew up with grandparents who were almost abstractions. No longer needing to avail themselves of job opportunities and leafy suburbs in chilly Chicagoland, they retired to Phoenix or Tampa-St. Petersburg and left their grown children back home. Sometimes their families would visit them, usually in March so they could twin the trip with a spring training game, but living a thousand miles apart, it was difficult for their grandchildren to bond with them. 
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