So I already posted this to my SPD support and awareness page I run on Facebook and I wanted to share it here too. It's a beautiful video on SPD that I came across on YouTube. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPpbvtiw...ture=share

I understand that simplifying the description is sometimes really helpful, but it gets quite frustrating to me when people describe it as hypersensitive vs. hyposensitive and seeking (and don't mention the possibility of being both hypersensitive and hyposensitive).

It looks well put together, but that just frustrates me so much that I can't share it with others - I'm hypersensitive/seeking (with poor propioception), so just simple hypersensitive vs. seeking descriptions don't work for me.

I'm sure its useful for people with more simple cases, but I dislike the misrepresentation, and am in the category of where it misrepresents

Sorry that you get misrepresentation Only one of my girls falls into a straight category of hypersensitive/sensory seeker. My other daughter is more of a hyposensitive but does have hypersensitive qualities. Both girls have poor propioception too. I found that when I do share the video with people, I will pause right before it goes into hyper/hypo and explain how each affects my girls'. It's a good video to show to inform people about it than to explain an individual's experience.

But again, I'm sorry if I might of aggravated you in any way by sharing this, I just thought it might of been helpful for someone.

Oh, I'm not aggravated at you for sharing it. I'm just overall frustrated at that sort of oversimplification that most simple explanations seem to do. I'm really glad that helps with your kids, and hope it helps with others too, even if it isn't helpful for me in particular.

I agree with you on your frustrations. I hope that one day they can make something like that video that isn't so simplified.

(04-22-2012, 09:24 PM)heatherv112506 Wrote: So I already posted this to my SPD support and awareness page I run on Facebook and I wanted to share it here too. It's a beautiful video on SPD that I came across on YouTube. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPpbvtiw...ture=share

Recently reading, and hearing about things that are so specific, to my, or my sons lives are a comfort. On this video in particular - the eating and needing to drink often - my son, has always, always, done that, and I never knew why. I used to ask him if he was having trouble swallowing. Then the ipod vs large room noises. That is something that I have never been able to explain to myself, or my family.

I am always amazed at how hard it is for me to articulate the discomforts in a believable way to others - because having SPD, I have often thought that other people were just not observant enough - or how can they NOT be bothered too? Thats what happens, I guess when you never are understood for your lifetime, and on top of that - it worsens to such a degree, as it had in my case. I really struggle with that. But I am happy that I understand my son, so he is not alone.

I'm not sure what part, but something in that video triggered my super sensitive gag reflex (happens if I smell anything remotely negative) which, on a already upset stomach, made me puke I think it was something about smelling dinner...
So really, I think this video is strictly for people that need to know the basics in laymens terms! I'll surely share this video for when someone can't quite understand what I'm going to but wants to understand. But um... I don't think I'll watch it again personally :p

I think it is a nice simple explaination for people who just don't understand. I just shared it on my wall.

Fantastic....Heather...like you said good to share with those who don't understand.