FJ - I watched a you tube the other week of Temple Grandin talking about visual processing and the flipping of letters... I had it on my FB...also on my facebook I keep sharing links from a few different places which have information regarding OT and SPD and ASD. M is oral seeking atm... it calms her down.... so we've given her a pack of sherberts to suck on and get the explosion of after meals, we use a vibrating toothbrush and she has a timer for that, and I have one of those finger brushes (you know the cat ones?) and rub the insides of her cheeks with it three times a day. I also have chew toys for her, like for the end of her pencil/pens and specific flavoured chew things from sensory tools.

Our OT I found prior to a diagnosis of ASD. When DD1 was...4 we did a multidisciplinary assessment through the Mater Childrens in Brissy. We got the diagnosis of SPD straight away and then we moved to Sydney where we were referred on to a local child health centre. Unfortunately we got a paediatrician who told us SPD didn't exist and that it was all due to bad parenting . So I set out and found an OT straight away. Then we explored other avenues for diagnosis... Our OT is specialised in SPD. She now trains other OT's using DD1 as a model. We've been seeing her for 2.5 years now. The change in our lives has been... unbelievable.

Amanda (our OT) has asked me to help run a playgroup for mums of sensory kids, 5 children in an ot room with coffee and tissues.