Hello IEP friends,

As I have mentioned before, I have Sensory Integration Issues (http://www.spdfoundation.net/about-sensory-processing-disorder/). Mine is pretty mild, but people who work with me closely have learned it so well, it’s amazing (“What are you doing!? You can’t put that banana peal in Maiko’s trash! She’ll get a headache!”) So, fist of all, THANK YOU 🙂 (Yes, that’s you, Angela, Karen, and Sean)

And, I didn’t know this was a thing, until I started taking my kids to their Occupational Therapist for their Sensory Integration Issues. You know how there are posters on the waiting room that ask you, “Does your child complain about a noise that nobody else can hear? Bright light that is not too bright?” And, one day, I went “… Wait! That’s ME!” (A-ha!)

Anyway, this video was very interesting because I relate to some of them, a lot. The light and the perfume always freak me out.

So, for those IEP teachers and administrators who are neuro-typical – enjoy 🙂

• http://themighty.com/2016/04/alexander-marshall-boy-on-autism-spectrum-new-video-sensory-overload-his-perspective/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Mighty_Page&utm_campaign=AUTISM

– Maiko (American English Institute, University of Oregon – hata@uoregon.edu, https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikohata)