Coming to Our Senses During Sensory Awareness Month

Coming to Our Senses During Sensory Awareness Month

Learn about our sensory systems and when they are out of sorts

October is Sensory Awareness Month! For this month’s newsletter, we dive into the eight (yes – eight!) senses of the human body and outline their function as well as signs of dysfunction.

While awareness about sensory processing disorder has dramatically increased in the past decade, there is still quite a lot of confusion regarding sensory systems in our bodies and how they play a part in our everyday lives. The impairment or loss of sensory function can range greatly in severity in terms of its negative impact on daily functioning, but any negative effect on activities of daily living warrants skilled therapy to remediate.

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