The Sensory Spot

The Sensory Spot Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for children with developmental and sensory proces

When we know better, we do better. 🌱Over the years, research, experience, and listening to the children and families we ...
04/06/2026

When we know better, we do better. 🌱
Over the years, research, experience, and listening to the children and families we support have shaped the way we practice. Growth means being open to learning, reflecting, and adapting so therapy remains meaningful, respectful, and responsive to each child.

Some families don’t avoid holidays because they “don’t want to go.”Sometimes the emotional, sensory, feeding, and physic...
01/06/2026

Some families don’t avoid holidays because they “don’t want to go.”
Sometimes the emotional, sensory, feeding, and physical consequences for their child are simply too significant to risk.

“Just a holiday” can carry very real costs for a nervous system already working hard to cope 🤍

28/05/2026

When neurodivergent children mask for long periods of time, the cost can be huge. 💛

Masking is not simply “trying hard.”
It is often a child constantly monitoring themselves to appear more socially acceptable.

For many ND children, masking can lead to:

• Anxiety
• Burnout
• Emotional exhaustion
• Shutdowns and meltdowns at home
• Low self-esteem
• School avoidance
• Chronic stress
• Feeling disconnected from their real identity

Some children become so used to hiding their needs that they stop recognising them themselves.

The child who seems “fine” on the outside may be carrying enormous pressure internally.

Neuroaffirming support is not about teaching children to mask better.
It is about creating environments where they feel safe enough to be themselves.

Because children should not have to lose themselves in order to belong.

The problem is not difference. The problem is the lack of understanding around it.True inclusion means teaching children...
25/05/2026

The problem is not difference.

The problem is the lack of understanding around it.

True inclusion means teaching children that different ways of communicating, moving, regulating, and socialising are all valid. ND children should not have to become “less themselves” to belong.

We need more collaboration, more education, and far less judgement around difference.

25/05/2026

In a world that talks so much about inclusion, so many neurodivergent children and their families are still having to fight just to be understood, accepted, and welcomed. 💛

Behind every ‘meltdown’, every accommodation request, every child who communicates or experiences the world differently, there is a family trying their absolute best in a world that too often judges before it understands.

But even in the hard moments, there is hope.

Because change is happening. Slowly but surely, hearts are opening, awareness is growing, and more people are beginning to see the beauty, strengths, and individuality within neurodiversity. One teacher who chooses compassion. One child who learns acceptance. One community that decides everyone belongs.

To all ND families, keep going. Your advocacy matters. Your children matter. And even when progress feels slow, every conversation and every small step forward is helping shape a kinder, more inclusive world for the next generation. 🌎✨

One step at a time, bit by bit, the world is changing.

22/05/2026

“Good sitting” is not the goal anymore. 💛
Many neurodivergent children focus better when they move.
Wiggling. Leaning. Standing. Fidgeting. Lying on the floor.

Movement is not a distraction most times it’s regulation.

When we stop asking children to look regulated and start supporting them to feel regulated, everything changes.

Flexible seating, movement breaks, floor work, stretching… these are not “special treatment.” They are supports that help nervous systems feel safe enough to learn.

A regulated child does not always look still.

19/05/2026

Supporting big feelings with small changes. 💜

Not every moment needs to be about milestones, goals, or “catching up.” 🤍Neurodivergent children deserve the time, suppo...
17/05/2026

Not every moment needs to be about milestones, goals, or “catching up.” 🤍

Neurodivergent children deserve the time, support, and space to develop independence when they are ready, not when the world decides they should be.

Meeting children where they are at is not lowering expectations. It’s supporting them in a way that feels safe, respectful, and sustainable ✨

11/05/2026

Sleep, systems, sensory needs, advocacy exhaustion… and somehow still showing up every day.

Which TWO are you picking? 👀

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When behaviour feels out of character, look back before looking forward. Small changes, extra demands, sensory overwhelm...
10/05/2026

When behaviour feels out of character, look back before looking forward. Small changes, extra demands, sensory overwhelm — even the smallest shift can become the final straw for a child already coping with so much internally.

Dysregulation is communication. Listen to the people who know the child best. 💛

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