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💻 We all turn to Dr. Google now and then to diagnose ourselves and end up thinking we have a flesh eating bacteria or something insane. We also all know this isn’t… great… but muddling through the internet pages is part of the process for many many people when it comes to figuring out what is going on either with ourselves or with our kids.

Today’s blog is all about why autism and sensory processing are often connected in the Dr. Google searches for sensory dysfunction. I won’t give away too many spoilers, but the answer is more simple than you may think.

💪 The powers that be have created concrete ways to diagnose things related to brain function based on a big manual called the DSM (diagnostic and statistical manual). Some disorders fit nicely into this model and others don’t. Some aren’t included at all as a standalone diagnosis… ahem, sensory processing disorder.

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