Originally Posted by polarbear
The other thing I noticed - in the sensory profile your ds is listed as "probable difference" for Sensory Seeking and also "definite difference" for Sensory Avoiding. I'm not a Sensory expert, but wouldn't it be unlikely that a child would be both sensory seeking *and* sensory avoiding? I also think that with most kids who truly have sensory issues it's unlikely that they'd have definite differences across the board - I'd expect a more uneven profile.


Having two kids with sensory issues, I'm less certain of this. They can be sensory seeking and sensory avoiding for the same stimuli under different circumstances. For example, there are kids who cannot stand having a light sheet over their bodies, and yet love a weighted blanket.