I think you will find there is disagreement and agreement among neuropsychs. We used a neuropsychologist, not an M.D. neuropsychiatrist, and he told us what he suspected based on observations. We then took our child to the pediatrician to get a referral for an OT evaluation.
Our child had motor delays, but our child was more an avoider than a sensory seeker. I think if a child avoids certain activities maybe they are more likely to have a motor delay to begin with, or perhaps more likely to acquire one.
Since there is disagreement to as to whether it exists or not insurance requires other evidence like I mentioned in my previous post. The physical issues improved, not necessarily avoidance of noise or smells etcetera.
Something occurs in some children that can be documented as a physical motor delay co-occuring with sensitivities whether or not "experts" want to call it SPD or SID or nothing at all.
