1) our ability to take in information through our seven senses: the basic five: (touch, smell, taste, vision, hearing) plus the “hidden two”: proprioception (sensations of body joints and muscles) and vestibular (sense of where the body is in space relative to the earth’s gravity),
2) our ability to organize and interpret the sensory information we perceive, and
3) our ability to make a meaningful response to the sensory information coming into our brains” (STAR Institute, 2017, p. VII.C.3).
People with sensory processing difficulties “may feel bombarded by [sensory] information, they may seek out intense sensory experiences, or they may be unaware of sensations that others feel. They may also have sensory-motor problems such as a weak body, clumsiness or awkwardness, or delayed motor skills” (STAR Institute, 2017, p. VII.C.3).