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Expert: - 3/11/2010


Question
How do people become affected by sensory overload?

When is sensory overload most likely to occur?

How do you control/reduce sensory overload?

Through what does sensory overload occur?

Answer
Hi Adam,

I'm probably not the best person to help you with these questions. Occupational therapists are the people who have the most knowledge about sensory dysfunction.

To help you get started in your search, here are a few websites that might help:

Causes/symptoms/neurology:

- http://www.brighttots.com/sensory_integration

- http://gigli.tripod.com/therapies/sensitivities.htm

- http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/sensory-processing-disorder-checklist...

- http://www.incrediblehorizons.com/sensory-integration.htm

Best wishes with your assignment,

Sharon A. Mitchell, B.A., B.Ed., M.A., PhD. candidate  

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Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell

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Sharon can help with parenting and educational concerns. She has worked in teaching, special education, counseling and consultingfor over thirty years and gives workshops to educators and parents on working with kids with autism spectrum disorders. Sharon speaks from both the education and parent points of view, having a son with Asperger's.

Experience

Sharon is a special education consultant with a school district and autism consult for the province's Department of Education, giving workshops and individual consults. She is also the parent of a son with Asperger's who is away at university. Together they have a website at http://www.autismsite.ca that offers strategies for home and school. Sharon's Master's thesis looked at the long-term outlook for persons with high functioning autism and Asperger's. Her Doctorate focused on strategies to help those with autism spectrum disorders

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Website at http://www.autismsite.ca and sits on Autism Today's Panel of Experts (www.autismtoday.com)

Publications
Author of "School Daze" ebook - a novel about autism, available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/School-Daze-ebook/dp/B0085HN9HQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337999263&sr=8-1). Download a free sample at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/156913. Co-author of Amazon.com bestseller, The Official Autism 101 Manual (http://autism101manual.com/).

Education/Credentials
B.A. in Psychology, B.Ed. in Special Education, M.A. in Educational Leadership PhD. in Psychology Management, specializing in autism.

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