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Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition that affects how an individual’s brain processes sensory information or stimuli. SPD can affect all the senses, or just one. Although SPD usually means that someone is overly sensitive to stimuli that others are not, the disorder can cause the opposite. This is when it takes more stimuli to impact you. Symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder show in many other disabilities including Autism, ADHD, and anxiety.
Learn more about SPD here.
The video below is a very eye-opening example of sensory overload, an overstimulation of the senses. These unconformable and uneasy feelings are what some people who have SPD experience in their lives.
Sensory overload can be triggered by a variety of things and for most, it's a combination of more than one source of sensory input that causes the overload. Sights, smells, sounds, and movements can add to that feeling of overwhelm and overload. All individuals have varied sensory thresholds. We can all benefit from the supports pictured below to have meaningful participation in library activities. All of these supports will help individuals experience the library environment to its fullest extent as a part of a community.
Weighted Lap Pad
Fidget Variety Pack
Noise-cancelling Headphones
Sensory Seating: Balance Cushion
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