in this video we'll be talking about Sensory processing disorder and five
personal tips I use to overcome those issues coming up hey I'm Dan I have
Aspergers syndrome ADHD OCD and dyslexia I make weekly videos on this
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this moment onwards I'll just call it SPD kids like that's you know I really
review at SPT okay so SPD is where your brain is taking in the information from
the stimuli or the data that it's receiving from the sensory input but
it's trying to call it install that and then effectively trigger that to a
response in your brain but it's not able to do that efficiently because it has
you know there's something neurologically different about the way
it's set up and this is how sensory processing disorder can impact people's
lives this can be like an overstimulation to like say so maybe you
get like really affected by lights a lot of people autism you'll see them kind of
like wearing sunglasses or like hiding their eyes are doing this between their
eyes because they're trying to filter out that light because it's so harsh and
aggressive because the sensory part of it isn't able to process that light as
it is specifically for a neurotypical person and taking that as more of an
extreme light so they may be overly sensitive to different types of lighting
and stuff and parents out there you may have noticed that your children more
sensitive to certain types of light and the reason why it could also be like a
texture of your clothing so you know you could be over sensitive to certain
clothing because of like the creases it's definitely with you know the socks
and the seam lines of stuff that that can really affect people and impact them
and this is something that is like very very common with a sensory processing
disorder and also food textures you know what people have issues with food
textures um this is one of the ways that we
highlight ways of identifying Asperger's syndrome in people who use sensory
processing disorder as one of the main traits to highlight that if you want to
see a video on Asperger's symptoms I will leave a link in the caliber of
emollient screen so you can check out five autism symptoms that are proven to
help you identify autism and Asperger's in somebody but as well as being like
all the least sensitive to sight smell touch and all that kind of stuff a lot
of people can be under sensitive you know if you touch them on the leg or you
tap them on the shoulder they may not find the response to respond to up
because they may not even realize you've done that or if they eat like really
salty food or spicy food they may not react to that because they're really
under sensitive to it so they have the reaction for it isn't really there all
the main things that I'll talk about is that SPD sensory processing disorder
comes comorbid ly with autism spectrum conditions now this is like across the
board I'm almost certain that most people I know who have an autism
spectrum condition have a sensory processing disorder also
so it comes hand-in-hand and there's no separate diagnosis for a sensory
processing disorder that's not on the DSM's at the moment as far as I'm aware
so it is involved with mainly spectrum conditions autism spectrum conditions to
be precise so lots of people with autism and Asperger's syndrome have issues with
SPD so in this video I'm gonna give you five hacks and tips that you can use to
help with those issues so I personally suffer with SPD I mean up until recently
I have no help or no therapy and this is the reason I'm doing this video analysis
I've learned some stuff about that and I have issues with like sensitive touch
like I did in a video last week I was talking about how when somebody touches
me lightly I get really jumpy and like it really irritates me and I'm really
super jumpy about it if I get like firm touching they're not
okay there's other things like light input and sound upon getting really
triggered by people sound and things like that and this causes all kinds of
things you know if you're if you're completely motivated by stimuli that
external to the body and you're overly sensitive angelee sensitivity then
you're not focusing on the the TAF that you've got ahead of you you're not
focusing on the day or what you're doing it's very difficult to be like
consciously aware and focus on the things in the task at hand this is very
interesting especially for people with us baby syndrome who may also have ADHD
and they're trying their best to focus but you have all things like sensory
stimuli and the input is overwhelming and underwhelming and it just gets crazy
but one of the most fascinating things that I can have found through sensory
processing disorder that causes me to have bad fine motor skills like putting
keys in doors it could be holding a pen it could be
holding things and knowing depth perception so holding the cup of goats
put in the cupboard I kind of missed the cup and I hit the cupboard and the cup
with my hand and I don't realize the depth now this is caused because
something related to proprioception and we'll get into that in a few minutes
before we go through this list of five hacks so with proprioception we have
like receptors and eye joints in our muscles and stuff and our brain is
actively engaging with them to tell us where we are in space so we know we're
positioned how far away from an object we are and how far we need to reach to
put something down on a table because that's you know that's how it works but
when you're having issues of sensory processing disorder those are kind of
like they've forgotten about your brain stops engaging with those things and
starts kind of engaging with the over stimulation from things like light or
sound or touch and you become overwhelmed with things and the
everything else falls by the wayside and it causes issues issues that you didn't
even know were related to SPD so I've been working with that occupational
therapist to come up with some stuff and some hacks to help overcome this and I'm
gonna share with you right now so we're gonna jump in right now
so another one is compression clothing now compression clothing is a tight
Under Armour type of garment that you can wear sort of sport enthusiasts and
athletes have these they're like a really tight clothing that goes
underneath your other clothing another sports uh price and it's a very tight
fitting tight clothing that activates the muscles because you it's ten same
feeling that engagement in the muscles which we were talking about earlier that
then helps your body realize that you're alert in a week and what happens is when
it's stimulating these receptors in your arms or your legs if you have like the
trouser version where it's actually holding the muscles tight to tell your
body that your muscles down you're awake it helps your body focus it helps your
mind focus on where your body is and it helps you focus during the day what I
found of this is that if I put on a compression vest aware that in the
morning the day starts off very very well I'm able to do things way more
focused and we want alert and obviously it reduces the the issues that I'm
having what I'm trying to reach for things up for things in the cupboard and
I'm reaching the wrong way or I'm not reaching the covered or I'm hitting my
hands on something it actually definitely does help with those
now there are several different ones you can get compression vest bow weighted or
weighted clothing from specialists like Sen specialist and autism specialists
those companies do have guidelines with them so if you're going to get anything
weighted make sure you check the label up for recommendations to a tee because
there have been some fatalities and issues we've people been given weighted
stuff to children and they're not making sure that they check and regulate those
products so it's just to watch out for personally I'd highly recommend looking
at spot under Amma if you're going to do this at the moment I've only got a spot
long-sleeve t-shirt under Amma but that's not really practical any wearing
a short sleeve because it looks a bit odd so I'm actually gonna invest in a
vast version of it so it's just under here but it still engages the muscles
and helps activate that response that you need to make yourself really focused
and really pull your brains attention away from that over stimulation to then
bring it into practical body use
these are number two is chewable toys now I did a video on chewy gem and they
sent me a package in the mail for chewable toys there's a link for this
company is in the description below if you're interested in buying some of this
stuff and it's basically to pull stuff like bracelets or necklaces or small
things you can hold like pencil cases and yeah you can actually chew on and
what this does for me is that when I'm getting over stimulated by light or
sound or textures of death I can't get really angry and this pent-up anger can
it comes out in emotional outbursts and other kind of unusual outbursts that you
don't really want because that's not professional when you're in a working
environment it's not great when you're in a personal environment so having a
chewable toy or a tuba lighten that you can just really squeeze down on a bite
on helps you release that issue and then also stimulate your brain to realize
that you know your mouth is engaging with this thing and again proprioception
kicks in and you have some relief from that so I highly recommend checking out
chewable jewelry for autism again the link is in the description below so you
can check it out okay so number three is muscle work and this sounds a bit kind
of weird and I'm not telling you have to go and be a body builder but when you
are having issues so basically for having SPD issues right the best thing
to do is to wake those muscles up and get those muscles the proprioception for
the for the joints and the stimuli going straight away in the morning so what you
want to do and this is what I do is I use ways to just do a little bit of
bodyweight like if you if you don't have any weights and how so you don't go to a
gym then you could always do stuff at home like press ups and sit ups as long
as you're having tension against those muscles and you're actually using a
quite a heavy weight heavy lifting could be anything to be like moving heavy
books but as long as you engage your muscles in that heavy lifting they'll
start to respond and the brain receptors will respond to that and that you will
have some succession and overcoming certain things again this helps with
focus and it helps with your awareness in your body whereas some spatial
awareness of where you are in space as in where you are a room so that you know
how much space you need before things kind of get you put bit to things or how
far away something is now those things are very very helpful
I found that doing the things like wall push-ups or press ups on the floor
definitely help those muscles and it helps you engage a bit more and it
really does wake you up a bit more oh just to let you know guys I actually
have a podcast as well which is available called we are autism a link
will be for this in the description below but long that I actually have a
secret podcast which is exclusively only available to patreon members where I
interview medical healthcare professionals about tips and tricks that
they can offer to the autism community and you can do that by signing up to the
patreon down below a link is inscription below or here on the screen but you can
go to and check out patreon okay so in number four we're talking about
exercising and muscle work to get those receptors going so you can feel more
alert and more awake and it'll decrease the issue from sensory overload what are
the main ways to do this is walking now if you're not a fan of loosing weight oh
you're not a fan of or you're not able to do more push-ups or flop push-ups
then I highly recommend taking about 15 to 20 minutes to go for a walk if you
can and you're able to go for a walk because what this does it gets you
outside to get your heart rate beating it gets your lungs moving in to get your
legs and your whole torso moving which is really really good because all of
these will stimulate those receptors in the muscles sooo proprioception to then
help you become more focused and it will reduce all of those issues and those
sensory stimuli that are coming in from the sensory overload or $10
now how can umber 5 is a really interesting one I said at the start of
the video that some people have issues with like textures now that I used to
have this well I do have this issue where I have green smoothies I love
having smoothies but sometimes in the morning green smoothies and earthís
movies the text you can be quite overwhelming and what to make me gag so
to do this a lot of people who have SPD will use a electric toothbrush like a
vibrating suit for us to stimulate the gums around your mouth and to really
massage just like a small light massage on your mouth and use this I like to do
tight or what the stares of wakes your Martha it helps that proprioception
receptor kick in so when you then take in food hold the stimulation or under
stimulation till the texture or the taste isn't as effective as it would
have been if you didn't you know to massage or you use the toothbrush this
is a super super good hack and I highly recommend checking that out ok so now
you know all of these things this is my advice I would make a sensory diet plan
which is basically a a week's plan that you say you do three things every single
day like one in the morning one at lunchtime one in the evening its
stimulate this proprioception and help you become less affected by the SPD of
is open to stimulation now this can be a thing in the morning where you say oh
I'm gonna have a shower and sing in the morning because this would kind of like
do some stimulation I mean the water you skin will stimulate you then at lunch
time you'll go for a walk around the block or anyway you know just to get out
that motivation in and then in the evening you could do some you know
press-ups awesome gym work or you could do like yoga or anything that you feel
helps stimulate you to help you focus so by doing these things you're kind of
topping yourself up during the day because typically after you do some
works for proprioception that will last about two hours in your
system so it's just a keeping that topped up until you go to bed I am good
I'm in the middle of doing it right now I found it highly effective when I did
do it so I'm gonna do a full week of it and maybe I'll do another video on SPD
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