(12-04-2012, 12:46 PM)Dan Wrote: Hello everyone,

Today is a sad day for me, and for the many of us that are hoping and battling for SPD to be included in the next Diagnostics and Statistics Manual (DSM). As many may already be aware, Sensory Processing Disorder has never been listed, as it well should be, in the manual, which happens to be the premiere source used by medical professionals and insurance companies abroad for diagnosing and identifying disorder that effect the brain.

Yesterday, we received word that the committee responsible for producing the new manual has already agreed fully to its content and has given it their stamp of approval. I regret to inform, however, that Sensory Processing Disorder was outright rejected from the manual! This means that not only will it not be listed as a full-fledged, known and identifiable disorder, but that it won't even be included in Section 3, which lists the disorders that are in need of further research (which was the section the SPD Foundation was hoping to at least reach).

Dr. Lucy Miller, leader of the SPD Foundation, has already released a statement to her followers. It can be read here:
http://app.e2ma.net/app2/campaigns/archi...7ffa10d81/

This decision is devastating, but ultimately, it does not change who we are, or what we do. The goal of the SPD Foundation is still to push to get SPD included in the manual (and wherever else is necessary to gain acceptance and acknowledgement throughout the disability world at large).

As owner of this site, I don't really have a say in how this decision went, and I am not affiliated with the research being done currently to help assure its inclusion in the manual the next time around. I do, however, greatly support the tireless efforts of the SPD Foundation and whoever else shares the greater goal off acceptance and advocacy for this cause.

This is a sad day, but it doesn't set us back. It merely further delays the process.
As always, thank you for being a part of this site, and the community at large.

I responded to your post on facebook, again, all we can do is keep on doing what we are doing until the realization hits about how important this is! We need to keep on educating people, spreading awareness anyway we can, support our own and others as well. I do as much as I can in the position I am in working with all ages of kids everyday! I carry my wing nut pencil toppers with me and hand them out to those I know need to silently fidget when nobody else understands and says they have a "behavior' issue! What you are doing and have done with this site is great! We as a group can make a huge difference and hopefully someday SPD will be listed! This is just a little speed bump not a brick wall, it is not something to make us be discouraged but to encourage us to push harder! Thank you for all you do!!!!!