(06-13-2012, 01:47 PM)Marci Wrote: This cat struts into the hotel lobby wearing his harness and leash, hops up on the check-in counter and greets the desk clerk. He doesn't care for his bandana.

When I was thinking about setting something up for Ada, I was thinking of attaching something to her harness.

Quote:Interesing interpretation on SPD, and one that is completely new to me. I've not encountered it in our experiences, nor seen that scenario mentioned in any of the literature. You say it is a common symptom, can you point to any documentation of that?

I don't have any citations specifically because all the lists I don't want to cite include weakness in judging distances. Usually this is said in comparison to difficulty driving, but the same things can affect walking.

Dan's more likely to have information for that for you though, because its something he's actually gotten help with through his OT.

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Anyways, why I'm responding now. I feel incredibly silly (and mentioned this in chat a few days ago). I've been completely overlooking the basic task that a dog would do for hypersensitivities.

Respond when the person is starting to get overloaded, tell them they are, and lead them to the exit.

I'm not sure if my difficulties in identifying how I'm feeling and it taking until more than mild overload are somewhat related to being autistic, but a dog interfering before overload gets bad seems to be a straightforward, useful, task. And it seems to be one that is explicitly worth mentioning in case others want to be looking in this direction.