I greatly appreciate this article so much. We have been dealing with this for 5 years. I'm glad someone is finally writing about sensory processing disorder for all of us parents that need help understanding.
So I have many strange behaviors but I've usually assumed it was my social anxiety until I came across something on the internet about Sensory Defensive
I'm a teen who was diagnosed with level 1 autism at age 13. Since I was very young I had sensory issues, they were very noticeable when I was in preschool,