Sensory assistance

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Hey everyone,

as part of the report for my diagnosis, the clinicians suggested I consider some form of sensory assistance training (such as this: https://sensoryhealth.org/basic/adults).

Of course all of these cost extra cash, and I'm not entirely sure how worthwhile it will be... certain things are unavoidable and I'm painfully aware of them - but what can you realistically learn from these sessions?

Does any one have any experience with these? If so, were they helpful at all?

quick glance it seems like re-training
to replace the -sensory- by words
that is so therapist


its like the car controls, never have it controlled by a garage- who also sells repairs
they always find hundreds (worth) of necessairy repairs

obviously that (proposed retraining) is not needed for a diagnosis, or report of that

Looking online, it says its for a condition called Sensory Processing Disorder. When I looked up what that is, it said it is people who have trouble sensing and processing the physical world, or might crave sensory so much that they could have a meltdown without it. It also says its for children and not typically found in adults. Examples of this can be if something heavy is rolling down the stairs and that person does not move, or the counter could be someone who panics and screams if they do not have music going. If this isnt you, it sounds like they are taking you for a ride.

Before they get more hate than necessary, let me just emphasise that that website was only one of many on a list of sensory therapy websites they listed and it wasn't with a tone of "go for these" but rather "you might find these helpful", which I don't really see as that bad - with the diagnosis they're providing a list of things I might or might not find helpful.

That being said, from what you are both saying, it looks like it might be very specific and not something I'll need!