The Science of Dyspraxia & Sensory Processing Disorders | Sci Guys Podcast

Our patrons demanded we talk about the sicence of Sensory Processing Disorder, and that's exactly what we're doing this week!
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[@SciGuys]

Do you have a Sensory Processing Disorder?

[@adamalkhawaja2003]

Yes, I probably do.

[@jordanHReid]

I definitely have an auditory processing disorder. In the not understanding what someone is telling me kind of way.

[@alexwhitelaw2003]

yes I'm very dyspraxic 🎉

[@88marome]

I think I have several, auditory and dyspraxia. I hurt myself everytime I try to cook food, and I drop things and wall into things all the time.

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

Maybe. I have hyperacusis, and am hypersensitive to loud, droning, and repetitive sounds. I can't stand very bright lights, as they're a migraine trigger. I'm sensitive to strong smells and odors, and can easily become nauseated from them. I'm particularly sensitive to any foods that are overly sweet, salty, or bitter. These are all autistic traits, so I assumed that was the explanation.

[@catT5236]

Please do an episode just on dyspraxia!

[@Authentistic-ism]

The whole point of mushroom is how different they all feel being chewed, and discovering how to chew each of them. I have many opinions on texture, good and bad. People find my opinions weird as if they don't even experience texture.

[@sheilaross1449]

So well -timed! I have a teenage child who struggles with some major anxiety issues, ADHD, and autism. Their psychologist suggested we get them assessed for sensory issues, so we'll be meeting with an occupational therapist in the new year. I've spent the last couple of months learning about this because for all the research I've done about my kid's challenges, this was not something I'd considered. Interoception has especially blown my mind. I keep thinking of all the times my kid was feeling anxious or in their words "not feeling good", and drawing on my mindfulness skills, I would ask them to describe how they were feeling in their body and they'd just say "I don't know." I cannot even imagine how frustrating questions like that would be for someone with a disordered sense of interoception. Also, after a doctor's appointment recently, this kid said, "Look, I know fruit and vegetables are good for me. I like some vegetables and most fruits. The problem is, the same type can taste really different each time I eat it because of what variety it is, how ripe, where it was grown... Processed food is not as healthy, I know, but it's reliable. It always tastes the same." Like, wow, that makes perfect sense to me. Only difference is, I'm not autistic and don't have sensory issues so that isn't a big problem for me. My partner and I are really feeling like we, and most importantly our child, are about to find out some game changing things soon. So thanks! It sounds like I need to check out more of your content.

[@zongi700]

Thank you so much for sharing this! And good luck on your journey❤ I just wanted to say that you and your partner sound like amazing parents for being so considerate about your kid's way of experiencing the world!!! I had my share of stressful situations that could have well been avoided with this kind of knowledge and the willingness to act on it e.g. by looking for solutions together, so i really appreciate your efforts, even across the interwebs.👏🏻

[@isobelwhitehouse4459]

Thank you for breaking this down! I have SPD and dyspraxia and people really don't get how it impacts things, but the simplest things are just a lot. Like my whole life my gums have always bled when I brushed my teeth, for no other reason than I put way too much pressure on my toothbrush. Its the weird things like that that people just don't realise...

[@criticalmaz1609]

I have SPD. I've always thought it was main facet of my autism. It's like all the settings on the world are cranked up to eleven, as well as emotional input (from myself and others).

[@sad_doggo2504]

I had no idea sense of space could be a part of it. I have CPTSD so I always assumed I was freaking out as a result of trauma, but I also thought that people should just understand I wouldn't want them getting that close to me, so I had the double pain of thinking people were excessively rude 😭 same with sound and smell. I can tell this episode is going to help me so much

[@tomd9323]

Hypo/Hyper for me! Hyposensitive to temperature, particularly cold, but hypersensitive to light, certain sounds, and certain smells (especially chemical/pollutant smells).

[@pushumonster]

Thank you for this video ! Yes hyper/hypo sensitivity is part of the diagnostic criteria of autism in the DSM5. It's in the repetitive behaviours category for some reason. There's a video of Stephanie Bethany about coordination issues in autism. (From memory) they can have a very similar presentation to dyspraxia but the mechanisms that cause them seem to be different. Now I am wondering about a link between interoception issues and alexithymia.

[@theatrelover9920]

Ay I have dyspraxia and sensory processing disorder! I never hear anyone talk about it! I also have functional Nurological disorder, I'd love for you to do an episode on FND!

[@marcusedwards5177]

I am hypersensitive to sound and light, and I'm hypo-sensitive to many touch based stuff and pain. A thing I used to do as a kid was literally running and jumping into walls because the sudden slam felt nice and besides for that I absolutely loved bear hugs, weighted blankets, and generally feeling compressed. Though my hypo-sensitivity to pain has led to many... shall we say interesting moments, still does occasionally.

[@resourceress7]

Fun fact: Daniel Radcliffe is dyspraxic.

[@MrsBifflechips]

Cheers to fellow mushroom haters! My brain stops recording when I try to bite one. I don't like the flavour either, but they just feel like incorrect.

[@joshuacaswell]

irlens syndrome is technically a SPD that I have, wondering if u guys would consider doing a podcast on it, i think that would be very interesting.

[@silkedavid8876]

I share your difficulties eating bananas. It developed later in life, they have to be just a certain ripeness. And then I can only eat the small ones. I am fine with bananas in other forms, for example cut up in my oats or cornflakes. But just peeling it and biting it off, nah. Difficult.

[@pbgv399]

Im schizophrenic so, ho boy i sure do 😂 Hyperinterroception isnt a word i thought id end up using but like, that perfectly describes some of my symptoms

[@theductductgoose]

oof, that sounds overwhelming and anxiety-inducing

[@Joey-kd8lj]

I was diagnosed with dyspraxia as a small child, although the last educational psychologist's assessment said it's an auditory processing disorder and dysgraphia so my hearing's perfectly fine, but sometimes it can take me a second to understand what's been said even if it's in unaccented English and I write slow. That being said, I would say that my gross motor coordination is still not great so I tend to break stuff by accident pretty often. Additionally, some of how I experience the world seems to be pretty similar to other neurodivergences. Also, I have experienced things like not noticing blisters until I take my feet out of ballet flats. For me, personally, I love most food, but am extremely sensitive to smells - so much so my older sister used to joke that I'm a sniffer dog. I also just can't deal with certain clothing textures like lace or chiffon, so my go to is cotton. I also stim quite a lot On a more important note, I'm pretty sure a few years ago dyspraxia was changed in the DSM to Developmental Coordination Disorder in order to distinguish it from acquired dyspraxia.

[@aster_11]

My SPD has made every day of my life hell and lead to bad autistic burnout. Literally the first sensory overload my family can remember was when I was two weeks old

[@iyonari]

i actually can't swallow mushrooms lmao, my head starts shaking involuntarily. parents used to think i was being dramatic

[@alexwhitelaw2003]

i feel to much on my body i get blitsers from everything. but i feel to little in taist so i have to eat to much tecture to not be bord.

[@Xenocore]

If you happen to have a couple of biopolymer coated neodymium magnetic implants that vibrate in the presence of electromagnetic fields….which you can readily feel….cuz things wiggling inside your fleshy bits is quite noticeable, then you have an extra sense on top of the rest 😅

[@theductductgoose]

cochlear implants?

[@matteot2810]

Redirecting new physical characteristics on existing sensory organs is super interesting but I don't think could be considered a new sense, in many ways we already do that with wearables. If you'd have a shark sense for electric fields and a brain function for decoding it it would count for sure.

[@BlueDragonFireGirl]

Is there a low rumble in the background of this video (like a washing machine) or am I imagining things?

[@Coccinelf]

I didn’t think I had a disorder before watching this but now I’m wondering. The list of things that you described that fit with me is suspiciously high. For example, just today, I was the only person with fingers in both ears at the grocery store when the test fire alarm was ringing. It was so irritating I couldn’t believe how normal everybody was behaving. They didn’t even seem a little bit annoyed! I recommend mushroom potage to Luke, it’s delicious!

[@jojoginni]

i knew i had auditory processing disorder but now i think i might also struggle with that introspection stuff more than i should, i'll definitely read up on that

[@planetaryg0]

honestly swallowing mushrooms whole coz u don't like the texture is 200 IQ behaviour

[@pbgv399]

Yo Corry im also the kind of heavy-handed that makes me come accross very cautiously 😂

[@alexwhitelaw2003]

me ans my son are like the hilk we dont know how to be soft we try but i break stuff all tge time

[@GeekGamer666]

For me, I'm over-responsive to visual, auditory, tactile, smell, taste and under-responsive: vestibular, interoception, proprioception. Also: I detest bananas. I think every sense that can be applied to a banana is over-responsive and it's really unpleasant.

[@tobydandelion]

Hilarious y'all don't have captions on this one at least. C'mon.

[@SciGuys]

Unfortunately we don’t have the time or budget to caption all of our videos - we’re trying to find a way to make it work, but we’re an independent podcast & captioning is either time consuming or expensive

[@tobydandelion]

@@SciGuys Yet there's time to read every comment in the first few days of a video going up? Sorry for the snark but c'mon. Still love the show but this is a very disappointing response. It's really not that difficult or expensive. That's a common excuse that a lot of folks who haven't even looked into getting proper captions on their videos give. Like I said, I'm still a fan, but I think you could do better at making your videos accessible to more disabled folks.

[@SciGuys]

Yes, because one can quickly check comments whilst doing other things… The time I spend on comment moderation is maybe 5 or so minutes per day. Captioning can require dedicated attention for at least 2-3 times the length of the video. It *is* “that difficult or expensive”. I know because we used to pay for the episodes to be captioned, but could no longer afford it. Then I personally started captioning our episodes, but could no longer keep up with the workload. Captioning, at minimum, is £1 per minute - meaning our average of weekly 1 hour episodes would cost ~£260 per month. We already do a ton of unpaid work for this podcast & I personally cannot afford to spend the time it would take to caption each episode. I also cannot afford to take money from my salary to invest in captioning. As soon as it becomes viable for us to caption every episode again, we will do that - but as an independent production we sometimes have to make compromises.

[@sakaimae]

@@SciGuys As a deaf fan of you guys, I was wondering why you stopped. This makes total sense, and at least there are half-decent auto-generated captions. It does suck when things aren't accessible, but it's not always possible. And I for one, appreciate all the work you do. The content you create is *chef's kiss* and I always look forward to having a spare hour to watch your videos. Keep creating and being awesome! 😊 From a MSc Clinical Psychology student who is disabled and obsessed with science 🤪

[@tobydandelion]

@@SciGuys Dismissive attitudes towards disability accommodation contribute to the systemic barriers lots of disabled folks face to accessing education (often about even their own disabilities, hence my calling this particular instance of lack of captioning "hilarious"). Every abled creator needs to be held to a higher standard if they claim to be 'educational'. Placing proper captioning so low on the show's priority list is absolutely a choice by the creators. A choice I'm disappointed to see being defended.

[@robokill387]

No, sensory issues are not on the diagnostic criteria for autism and not all autistic people have it. If they do, it's considered a comorbidity.

[@TomiThemself]

Me: "Mom, I don't want to have SPD" Mom: "Sadly, we have SPD already at home" The SPD at home: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands/Svoboda a přímá demokracie