While receptor cells in our taste buds perform the physical act of sensing taste, it is once again the brain that assigns meaning to taste, thanks to three specialized taste nerves that send messages to the brain for translation.

Setting up our expectations well in advance allows us to figure out how to best tackle the sensory challenges at hand.

Dysregulation is the temporary state in which someone with sensory issues is unable to self-regulate (energize or relax) and maintain a calm, poised, and ready state.

in the moment, unable to connect to the world, trapped within a brain that is malfunctioning and a body refusing to take directions, a shutdown feels like a tiny death.

People with sensory issues usually don’t have issues with sensation, but they struggle with perception and responding appropriately to what the brain perceives.

Sensory issues are life-long and come with different challenges at different stages of life. I believe that challenges depend on three important factors: 1. Neurology, or if and how the brain can rewire 2. Past history, or whether or not negative social and emotional patterns have been established 3. Phase of life and related environment, or the ex

Research shows that 80-85% of our learning, perception, and cognition activities come to us through our vision.

While I spend a great deal of time running away from some input and running toward other input, I wish upon all the stars in our galaxy that I could feel secure in my body moving through space. It’s something people without sensory issues must take for granted—the simple pleasure of really being somewhere, not just in mind and soul but also in a we

This makes the processing of sensory information difficult and at times even impossible simply due to the way our brains are structured.