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💜 Americans and uk northerners say mom. Mum here or mother.
And all this is true. Mother used to gossip even if I went to the other room!
Thanks mother - not!
It takes so long to recover.
Abuse is abuse. 💜

09/09/2025

Did you grow up learning we only have 5 senses?
Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell were just the beginning.

There are three hidden sensory systems that play a HUGE role in how kids move, feel, and function every day, but they often get overlooked:

🔹 Vestibular- the sense of balance and movement https://www.theottoolbox.com/vestibular-activities/
🔹 Proprioception- the sense of body awareness and position https://www.theottoolbox.com/proprioception-activities-improves-body-awareness/
🔹 Interoception- the sense of internal body signals like hunger, thirst, or the need to use the bathroom https://www.theottoolbox.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-interoception/

These "hidden" senses impact everything from attention and emotional regulation to posture, coordination, and toileting.

Understanding these systems can help us better support kids who seem wiggly, overwhelmed, or unaware of their own bodies. A great resource to better understand these sensory systems and how sensory seeking or over-responsiveness/ under-responsiveness impact function is The Sensory Lifestyle Handbook: https://www.theottoolbox.com/product/the-sensory-lifestyle-handbook/

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01/09/2025

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Galway-based Shania Lally (24) spent two decades never fully understanding the diagnosis she was given at the age of six. She knew it would impact her coordination, but it wasn’t until adulthood that Lally truly grasped what it meant to have dyspraxia – a neurodevelopmental condition that affects up to 8pc of the overall Irish population.

“I don’t remember a huge amount of it because I was so young,” she says. “But I remember being very messy eating my lunches at school – or if we had art time, I would be exceptionally messy. And I couldn’t tie my shoelaces for a very long time.”

Dyspraxia is also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).

The chronic neurological condition severely affects an individual’s ability to develop the motor skills needed to perform everyday tasks, and a 2024 study conducted by Dyspraxia DCD Ireland revealed at least one child in every classroom has it.

Read the full story on the Irish Independent