A young child sitting at a classroom table gets a high five from their teacher. Source: RDNA Stock Project / Pexels Half of all school-age children are hypersensitive to at least one sensation, and as ...

Learn what sensory overload looks like in children, why meltdowns happen, and how neighbors can respond with patience and understanding in community settings.

Sensory overload occurs when the brain becomes overwhelmed by the volume or nature of the sensory inputs it receives. Sensory inputs can be any stimuli that enter through one of the sensory modalities ...

At a disability help desk at the airport, a badge around her neck, Jennifer Opal was visibly communicating that she had an invisible disability. When the situation became overwhelming, Opal ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s Parenting Connection Tuesday and 6 News is here for you with tips, strategies, and helpful reminders from child development experts on how we can be better parents and ...

Your colleague's perfume assaults you every time you walk by, the noise of the refrigerator obsesses you to the point where you have to wear earplugs, and your partner's facial expressions send you ...

If you walk into work already feeling noise, lights, and office chatter turning up the volume in your mind, the overwhelm is real. Prefer to listen rather than read? Press play below. For ...