We received contact from a local hospital and their therapy clinic. They are highly focused on OT and more specifically, Sensory Modulation Disorder. This Disorder isn't in the DSM so it is an undiagnosed but suspected disorder.
Unfortunately, this means another wait period of 3 to 6 months. The nice thing about this situation is that we have ample time to create better goals for Little Bug. Our last goals were focused on bathing, dressing, not biting himself or others.
This time, our goals are going to be more focused around the following:
1. Sensing HOT versus COLD.
2. Sensing and identifying pain.
3. Sensing and identifying bodily sensations- hunger, thirst, heat, etc.
You may think these goals seem basic- they are. They are also incredibly difficult for Little Bug. He will touch items that are burning hot and have no reaction. He played in ice on his birthday until his little fingers were bright red and felt frozen to everyone else. Didn't bother him. He can have a fever of 102 and up and yet act no different.
How anyone would go about meeting those goals is beyond me. What I do know is that we need to do it. Our hope is that the more he learns to modulate his system, he will be able to do the things above.
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