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Making Sense: A Guide to Sensory Issues

August 22, 2025 by jennifer 2 Comments

I am thrilled to announce community member and SPD advocate Rachel Schneider has just released her first book. Rachel, who has Sensory Processing Disorder herself, takes a look at sensory issues from an adult perspective and is a must read for sure!

This post contains affiliate links.

Making Sense- A Guide to Sensory Issues

Making Sense: A Guide to Sensory Issues

Our senses! Thanks to them, our brains are constantly flooded with information about the world around us. What may surprise you is that we’re not all wired the same way, and some of us are unable to understand exactly what we’re sensing. People with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a newly identified neurological condition, as well as those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are frequently misunderstood by others when they over- or under-react to sounds, sights, smells, tastes, touch, movement, balance, and feelings within their bodies.

In this guide, mental health counselor, SPD community advocate, and sensory adult Rachel S. Schneider, M.A., MHC, helps us to make sense of sensory issues. Whether you’re someone with sensory issues, a loved one supporting a sensory person, a professional, or someone that is curious about unusual and complex sensory experiences, this guide will answer your questions about life with sensory processing differences.

Illustrations by Kelly Dillon of the humorous illustrated sensory blog, Eating Off Plastic.

Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of [easyazon_link identifier=”0399176314″ locale=”US” tag=”thesensspec-20″]The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up[/easyazon_link] (affiliate), wrote: Digging for information about adults with SPD? Eureka! You ve struck gold! In this gem of a book, Rachel will gently, wisely, humorously help you unearth and sift through the “bits and pieces, the particularities and the behaviors of your sensory life. With extrasensory grace gained through her own experiences growing up with SPD, and in her sparkling writing style, she will help you at last to understand your sensory issues and how to address them.

To purchase, click the image/link below!

Making Sense: A Guide to Sensory IssuesMaking Sense: A Guide to Sensory IssuesMaking Sense: A Guide to Sensory Issues

 

To read more about Sensory Processing Disorder in adults:

Uptight & Off Center: How Sensory Processing Disorder Throws Adults Off Balance & How to Create StabilityUptight & Off Center: How Sensory Processing Disorder Throws Adults Off Balance & How to Create StabilityUptight & Off Center: How Sensory Processing Disorder Throws Adults Off Balance & How to Create StabilityThe Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms YouThe Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms YouThe Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms YouToo Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating WorldToo Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating WorldToo Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating WorldThe Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult YearsThe Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult YearsThe Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years

 

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Comments

  1. Kaitlin Smith says

    February 19, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Hi, where’s the link to purchase? And what’s the ISBN?

    Reply
    • jennifer says

      February 19, 2016 at 3:25 pm

      At the bottom of the post is a link to purchase the book… or you can purchase through this affiliate link: http://amzn.to/20JO0Pz

      Reply

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