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Article: 'The Out-of-Sync Child'; At Schreiber lecture, book's author will discuss sensory integration and how it affects the way children wake up, get dressed, and play with friends.
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- Sunday News Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- October 19, 2003
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When Adam Montgomery was a year old, he didn't make the typical
sounds of a toddler. As he grew older, he touched everything he saw,
yet didn't like others to touch him.
The son of Meg and Dave Montgomery, of Quarryville, Adam is now 3
and learning to manage his responses to ordinary sensations through
occupational therapy. "It's like playing detective and trying to
figure out what the problem is," his mother said.
Adam might suffer from a neurological problem known as dysfunction
in sensory integration, which causes children to exhibit unusual
behaviors and responses to ordinary sensations. Although he has not
been formally diagnosed, his parents see that their son shows many of
the DSI's ...