Someone with SID finds it difficult to measure and act on information collected through the senses, which creates challenges in performing numerous everyday tasks. If not treated properly skills like Motor clumsiness, behavioral problems, anxiety, depression and school failure are all possible outcomes. Known today as Sensory Processing Disorder(SPD) a notion that was first brought up in the 1970s by the late A. Jean Ayres, PhD, who was a psychologist and occupational therapist. Dr. Ayres research mainly focused on the matter of sensory processing and motor planning problems in children with an intellectual disability(ID). Eventually Ayres’ work on the subject led to the advancement of another theory, called sensory integration. This theory
