ASI2 : Slowing Down and Asking the Deeper Questions
In ASI2, we returned to the body. Not as a theory alone, not as a checklist, but as a lived experience. We explore how movement and sensory input form the foundation of doing and participation in daily life. How vestibular input, triggered by head movement and contributing to balance, and proprioception, arising from stretch receptors in muscles, […]
Research: How prison shapes inmates’ sense of agency and outcome processing
A thought provoking paper from Belgium invites us to think more deeply about what restrictive environments may do to the brain and to participation. The study explored sense of agency, the feeling that “I am the one doing this”, and outcome processing, how the brain registers what happens after an action, in people living in […]
Research: Sensory Reactivity Among School-Age Children and Parental Stress: Findings From the Population-Based InProS Study
ASI WISE explores AJOT’s Jan / Feb 2026 Special Section on Sensory Integration and Participation Sensory Reactivity Among School-Age Children and Parental Stress: Findings From the Population-Based InProS Study Authors: Rocío Muñoz-Sánchez, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Iris Juárez-Leal, Sara Jorquera-Cabrera, Jessica Piñero, Eva-María Navarrete-Muñoz, Desirée Valera-Gran Occupational Therapists working with children who experience sensory reactivity and are […]
Mother’s Day Through a Sensory Lens
Mother’s Day often brings images of breakfast in bed, flowers, and family gatherings. But for many families, especially those raising sensory-sensitive children, the day may look a little different. Through the lens of sensory integration, much of what mothers do every day involves noticing and responding to their child’s sensory needs. They become skilled observers […]
Research: Sensory Integration Sports Training & Autism
A recent 2025 paper in Scientific Reports explores the impact of a sensory integration informed sports programme on motor coordination and social responsiveness in children with autism. The authors report meaningful improvements following a 12 week intervention delivered with consistent intensity. What feels particularly positive is the clear recognition that movement, sensation and participation are […]
Research: Sensory Processing, Neurodivergence & Gender Congruence
A new paper published in the Journal of Eating Disorders this month explores the associations between sensory processing, eating disorder symptoms, neurodivergence and gender congruence through a lived experience lens. It adds growing weight to something many of us have recognised in practice for years: sensory integration and processing matter deeply in eating disorders. The […]
Research: ADHD and Sensory Processing
ADHD and sensory processing.The data is now impossible to ignore. This meta analysis in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reviewed 30 studies and more than 5,000 participants. Across childhood and adulthood, individuals with ADHD showed significantly higher: Not small effects.Large effect sizes.Across multiple sensory domains. And yet most clinical […]
Sensory Christmas Activity: A Christmas Wreath
This is a wonderful Christmas activity which involves enjoying all of the sights and smells of the winter season and will end with a wreath that you can hang up in your house! You can begin this activity as a walk through the woods so that you can forage for moss and tree branches. Aim […]
Sensory Ladders®️ & Ayres Integration – ASI Wise Policy Statement
At ASI Wise, Sensory Ladders® are rooted in the values and principles established by Dr A. Jean Ayres. They are designed to extend Ayres Sensory Integration into everyday life in a way that is respectful, user led, and firmly grounded in participation. Sensory Ladders® are always co produced with the person, and where appropriate their […]
FAQ: Is the EASI ready to use?
“Please could you advise me, I read that the EASI is still in development and only has preliminary norms?” No, this is not the case! The norms collected in the INDC project are available for use, and have been since 2022. What the EASI authors describe is entirely in line with usual practice for developing […]