A TEXAS MOTHER IS UPSET
BECAUSE SHE SAYS A TSA AGENT
EXCESSIVELY PATTED DOWN HER SON.
THIS VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED
SUNDAY IN DALLAS WENT VIRAL.
THE TSA SAYS ONLY APPROVED
PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED DURING
THE TWO-MINUTE SEARCH, BUT THE
13-YEAR-OLD'S MOM SAYS THE
EXPERIENCE WAS ESPECIALLY
DIFFICULT FOR HER SON.
THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAS SENSORY
PROCESSING DISORDER.
IT'S A CONDITION THAT CAN AFFECT
UP TO 30% OF PEOPLE.
SO WHAT IS SENSORY PROCESSING
DISORDER?
GOOD QUESTION.
AS HEATHER BROWN FOUND WHAT'S
OFTEN CONSIDERED A BEHAVIOR
PROBLEM CAN BE SOMETHING
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
WHEN SOMETHING IS SUPER LOUD,
SOMETIMES THE NOISE WILL BE KIND
OF LIKE MORE ANNOYING TO MY EARS
AND THEN IT JUST REALLY
OVERWHELMS ME.
TEN-YEAR-OLD OWEN HAD TROUBLE
WITH HANDWRITING IN SECOND
GRADE.
SO SCHOOL SENT US TO AN OT
WHO DID AN ASSESSMENT, AND THAT
WAS HOW WE FIGURED OUT THAT
SENSORY PROCESSING WAS A
CHALLENGE FOR HIM.
SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER
ISN'T AN OFFICIAL MEDICAL
DIAGNOSIS.
BUT YOU SAY YOU CAN DIAGNOSE
IT?
WE CAN DIAGNOSE IT, AND WE
CAN TREAT IT, AND MANY INSURANCE
COMPANIES COVER SERVICES FOR IT.
LYNN COFFMAN IS DIRECTOR OF
THE THERAPY PLACE.
IT IS A NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL
DISORDER SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO
THEIR PRAN BUT THEN BEING
SCRAMBLED FOR SOME REASON.
IT CAN RANGE FROM A LITTLE
BIT TO A LOT?
YES.
IT CAN BE MILD OR IT CAN BE
INCAPACITATING.
IT MANIFESTS ITSELF
DIFFERENTLY IN EACH PERSON.
IT COULD BE AN OVERRESPONSE TO
TOUCH.
IT CAN ACTUALLY BE PAINFUL,
YOU KNOW, FOR THAT CHILD.
OR LIGHT OR THE FEEL OF FOOD
IN YOUR MOUTH OR EVEN A SENSE OF
PLACE.
YOU CAN BE CLUMSY.
YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE THE KIDS
THAT'LL FALL OFF, JUST FALL.
I WAS TALKING TO OTHER MOMS
AND THEY SAID HAIRCUTS ARE THE
WORST BECAUSE THE SOUND AND THE
TACTILE PEOPLE TOUCHING YOU.
SENSORY PROCESSING IS OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM.
DO THEY
GO HAND IN HAND?
YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE THAT
ARE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM HAVE
SENSORY PROCESSING ISSUES.
YOU CAN HAVE SENSORY PROCESSING
ISSUES WITHOUT BEING ON THE
AUTISM SPECTRUM, AND I THINK
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE --
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW ABOUT SENSORY PROCESSING?
JUST TO BE AWARE THAT IT
EXISTS.
HEATHER BROWN, WCCO 4 NEWS.
AND OUR EXPERT TOLD HEATHER
SPD CAN AFFECT ADULTS, TOO.
IT CAN BE TREATED THROUGH
THERAPY THAT HELPS CHANGE
NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE BRAIN
OVERTIME.
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