Sensory integration dysfunction

Sensory integration dysfunction

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Children with sensory integration dysfunction have difficulty processing information from the senses (touch, movement, smell, taste, vision and hearing) and responding appropriately to that information. These children typically have one or more senses that either over- or underreact to stimulation. Sensory integration dysfunction can cause problems with a child's development and behavior.

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Understanding Your Baby's Developing Sensory System

Our sensory system allows us to absorb information from our environment. Some people are highly sensitive to this information and others less so. This is true for babies as well. Babies who are more sensitive may have difficulty in an environment that seems normal to the rest of us.