07-10-2011, 04:33 PM
Let's see...what brings me here? Luck, I suppose. I was just googling around, clicking at almost random, and one link literally led to another. Eventually I landed here and found it interesting enough to stay.
Hmmm...my relationship to someone with SPD? Well, I probably have sensory processing disorder. Or I may merely be insane. My siblings all seem to display some degree of sensory processing disorder.
I would not call it much of a journey. Umm...let's see. At birth I was normal, perfect, pink, and covered in gross stuff like most humans. My head was rather smushed because the doctor did not know what he was doing. I still have some rather interesting looking dents, but they cannot be seen through my hair. As an infant I was rather quiet and had a weird fascination with socks. I was content to play with them for hours at a time. Once, my mom was very tired. The house was quiet so she assumed that my grandmother had come over and taken me to her house (as was the norm, she had her own key and liked to help out and give my mother time to sleep/be alone). My mother slept for around 9 hours and then got up to go to the bathroom. My room was on the way and she happened to glance in there...and scream. I was in my crib, in the dark, playing with socks...for 9 hours. When I saw her smiled and said "Hi, mommy" and then returned my attention to my socks. I was 10 months old at the time. My mother still feels guilty about that....which she shouldn't. Clearly I was OK with it.
Immediate help? Well...my life is currently in shambles because I failed all of my college courses 2nd semester...despite making passing grades and missing very few classes. I am not able to get in touch with anyone who can help. The people that I do manage to contact give me the run around. My pell grant has been taken away because...well, they don't give Pell Grants to failures, now do they? I have needed accommodations in school since at least 6th grade, but most people felt that I was simply lazy and unmotivated because, apparently, that is the only explanation for a person as bright as myself to never have any of my work done (it WAS done, i just could not keep up with it) or fail math tests, etc.
I don't have any gifts. My interests are reptiles (specifically ball pythons), longboarding, and music. I play a few instruments either mostly or entirely by ear because I am not very proficient at reading music.
In my spare time I enjoy longboarding, jumping on pogo sticks, launching myself out of swings, doing backflips on trampolines, reading, writing, listening to and/or playing music, and learning about ball pythons and anything else that piques my interest.
Hmmm...my relationship to someone with SPD? Well, I probably have sensory processing disorder. Or I may merely be insane. My siblings all seem to display some degree of sensory processing disorder.
I would not call it much of a journey. Umm...let's see. At birth I was normal, perfect, pink, and covered in gross stuff like most humans. My head was rather smushed because the doctor did not know what he was doing. I still have some rather interesting looking dents, but they cannot be seen through my hair. As an infant I was rather quiet and had a weird fascination with socks. I was content to play with them for hours at a time. Once, my mom was very tired. The house was quiet so she assumed that my grandmother had come over and taken me to her house (as was the norm, she had her own key and liked to help out and give my mother time to sleep/be alone). My mother slept for around 9 hours and then got up to go to the bathroom. My room was on the way and she happened to glance in there...and scream. I was in my crib, in the dark, playing with socks...for 9 hours. When I saw her smiled and said "Hi, mommy" and then returned my attention to my socks. I was 10 months old at the time. My mother still feels guilty about that....which she shouldn't. Clearly I was OK with it.
Immediate help? Well...my life is currently in shambles because I failed all of my college courses 2nd semester...despite making passing grades and missing very few classes. I am not able to get in touch with anyone who can help. The people that I do manage to contact give me the run around. My pell grant has been taken away because...well, they don't give Pell Grants to failures, now do they? I have needed accommodations in school since at least 6th grade, but most people felt that I was simply lazy and unmotivated because, apparently, that is the only explanation for a person as bright as myself to never have any of my work done (it WAS done, i just could not keep up with it) or fail math tests, etc.
I don't have any gifts. My interests are reptiles (specifically ball pythons), longboarding, and music. I play a few instruments either mostly or entirely by ear because I am not very proficient at reading music.
In my spare time I enjoy longboarding, jumping on pogo sticks, launching myself out of swings, doing backflips on trampolines, reading, writing, listening to and/or playing music, and learning about ball pythons and anything else that piques my interest.