Sensory Seeking

Children who are sensory seeking can sometimes be labeled wrongly as a child who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this is because children that have a sensory seeking disorder are often hyperactive and impulsive. Children that are sensory seeking have these behaviors as they are constantly seeking ways for them to stimulate their starved nervous system, they can sometimes be referred to as sensory offensive. If they can get enough stimulation they may be able to calm down enough to pay attention. This link http://spdlife.org/symptoms/sensory-seeking.html will take you to a website that goes over sensory seeking and the differences for all of the senses.

This video shows an example of a boy who suffers from autism who is sensory seeking proprioceptive senses by running and jumping.