Sensory integration dysfunction is a hypothesized dysfunction of the vestibular system. It is characterized by increased or decreased sensitivity to stimuli. Currently, there is a movement to change the name of the dysfunction to Sensory Processing Disorder.
Sensory integration dysfunction (SID) was first studied in-depth by Anna Jean Ayres. Ayres describes sensory integration as the ability to organize sensory information for use by the brain. An individual with sensory integration dysfunction would therefore have an inability to organize sensory information as it comes in through the senses.
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