sensory integration disfunction | ADHD Information
Scraphappy, I don't think anyone was assuming that SID and ADHD are the same dx. They are completely different and I wouldn't imagine a doctor confusing the two. They have completely different criterias. Also, I'm not too familiar with individuals who are blind so pardon my ignorance but I've never heard SID being related to blindness. I can understand that when one is blind, the other senses are heightened but I still wouldn't think all blind people have SID as well .. or am I wrong? Regardless, I'm glad your son is doing much better. You sound like a great mom .. or dad? lol
Mom/ son both have sid which also is known as spd also.
[QUOTE=ScrapHappy]INaBOX; he was diagnosed with SID from an OT, not a Dr. At the time there were no behavior issues at all, just the hyperactivity. It was very easy for the OT to assume this was strictly SID. When he received OT, he calmed down. It wasn't until he turned 10 that he started exhibiting uncontrollable behaviors. It's not that SID is "related" to blindness, it's the fact that we're talking about the deficit of senses. Does that make sense? I realize that you don't have his entire medical history (almost 11 years worth) but trust me, for years we thought that SID was his issue and not ADHD.[/QUOTE]
I understand. I'm glad you were able to sort things out. :)
My son, diagnosed with ADHD in April, is also blind and has epilepsy. He has always had senory dysfunction. He became blind at 1 and has been in OT for a sensory diet ever since. Because my son was blind, it seemed easy and natural that Sensory Integration Dysfunction was his diagnosis.
Well, this past year, his sensory issues hightened and his behavior became unbearable (good old 4th grade). After having the diagnosis of ADHD and starting medication, his hyperactivity completely stopped. My son has been climbing anything in his way since he was 7 1/2 months old. No kidding...he was walking without help at 9 1/2 months old. He walked before he could even sit up on the floor without support. Hyper??? He was a run and crash kind of kid....and remember that he's blind. Nothing would stop him. He could climb a 35 foot wall in no time at all, as easy as we walk down the street. He skies, he rides a bike, he runs track, he rock climbs, you name it....I couldn't stop him.
Until now. Since on medication he is not nearly as active as he used to be. The hyperness completely went away. I used to have to do my own OT with him at home 3 times a day (we have a suspended net in our basement and we would swing him and give him deep pressure by bouncing a big rubber ball on his body). I don't have to do any of that anymore. I did trade some sensory issues though with other. My point being is that he still does have sensory issues, but now I can honestly say they are related to his blindness. Loud noice bothers him, smells bother him and temperatures bother him.
So, after rambling on....this is basically what I know about SID and ADHD. They can go hand in hand or it can be thought as being one diagnosis when it's the other. A good Therapist should be able to sort that out.
INaBOX; he was diagnosed with SID from an OT, not a Dr. At the time there were no behavior issues at all, just the hyperactivity. It was very easy for the OT to assume this was strictly SID. When he received OT, he calmed down. It wasn't until he turned 10 that he started exhibiting uncontrollable behaviors. It's not that SID is "related" to blindness, it's the fact that we're talking about the deficit of senses. Does that make sense? I realize that you don't have his entire medical history (almost 11 years worth) but trust me, for years we thought that SID was his issue and not ADHD.My daughter has both SID/SPD and ADD-there are definitely certain symptoms our family associates with one or the other diagnosis--example: she looks like she's listening when we're rambling on about something she needs to get done but she's looking into space and not really registering a word we say: ADD. She's running through a water fountain at a water park with her eyes closed and won't stop doing the same thing--not in a hyper 'I can't slow down' way but in almost a compulsive way--SID/SPD because she's looking for that sensory input that the water feeling gives her...that said, since we're not either docs or OT's, maybe we just feel like we have to associate what she does with one specific diagnosis to get through each day.
Sensory integration dysfunction can go hand-n-hand with ADHD and Autism spectrum disorder, as well as it can stand on its own. What exactly is your question? Yes, I think a lot of our kiddos also have sensory issues. Good books for this subject are "The Out-of-Sync Child" and "The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun". I own both of 'em
. Occupational therapy helps with sensory integration. My dd had OT for about 2 years--ages 3 to 5.Anyone know anything about this? My friend's son has this and many symptoms are similar to adhd. Just curious.
Here is a link