Sensory Showtime

Lights! Cameras! SENSORY SHOWTIME!
A Sensory Awareness Weekend Event

Coming to venues worldwide in October 2009
during National Sensory Awareness Month

SENSORY SHOWTIME events are scheduled worldwide to raise awareness of sensory challenges and to raise funds for the SPD Foundation in October.

ORGANIZERS: Click here to view downloadable tips and tools for organizing a successful SHOWTIME event.

SHOWTIME events include:

  • A SCREENING of Autistic-Like: Graham's Story... an intimate portrait of one dad's determined search to help his son
  • A VIDEO SPOTLIGHT on SPD and the SPD Foundation ... the public charity dedicated to bringing hope and help to those who live and work with SPD
  • A PERSONAL STORY or more ... from local parents living with SPD
  • A LOT OF information, fun, and opportunities to network with other sensational families and professionals where you live or work

IS THERE AN EVENT NEAR ME?

Click here to view locations. Sites are constantly being added. If you don't find your city today, check back later to see if it has been added.

I WANT TO GET INVOLVED!

Click here to view downloadable tips and tools for organizing a successful SHOWTIME event.
Click here to receive a FREE information packet from S.I Focus Magazine to help you raise awareness of SPD/sensory integration in your community during National Sensory Awareness Month or any time.
Click here to let us know you would like to organize an event in 2010.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

Click here for FAQs.

CITIES AND ORGANIZERS

 For event information, click on the location and email the Sensory Showtime organizer in your area. Venues such as schools, libraries, churches, and other community locations may not have details about events in their facilities.

Dates, times and locations to be posted as they are confirmed.
Check back often for details!
To volunteer, contribute or coordinate with a local organizer, click on the location.

Our Sensory Showtime event went very well. We had more than 100 participants plus some guests, too, and some media coverage. We are seriously looking at being able to do this in other cities throughout Indonesia as there is interest. Thank you again, Erik Linthorst, and our deepest gratitude for you and all your team at the SPD Foundation.
- Cisca, Yayasan Ayo Main, Ja

Autistic-Like is a gem - a brilliant reminder that by watching closely and looking for what works, parents can find the right help for their child."
- Carol Kranowitz, author, The Out-of-Sync Child

FAQs

Q. Who is sponsoring SENSORY SHOWTIME?
A.SENSORY SHOWTIME events are community-based activities organized worldwide by groups and individuals with a commitment to raising awareness of Sensory Processing Disorder and other sensory challenges. Organizers include hosts of our SPD-Parent Connections groups, occupational therapists and other professionals, hospitals and schools, and individuals with a heart for sensational kids and the struggles that families everywhere experience in the search for a correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment for children.

Q. What is the purpose of SENSORY SHOWTIME events?
A.To raise awareness of SPD. In most locations, fundraising will also take place to raise money for the SPD Foundation and its initiative to achieve diagnostic recognition of SPD in the upcoming revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V).

Q. Is this movie really about SPD? The title mentions autism, and the parents talk very little about SPD. I'm confused.
A. Autistic-Like makes the case that sensory issues are under-recognized and under-diagnosed, which makes it hard for families to find the treatment their kids need. As Dr. Stanley Greenspan says in the film: "All children with autism have sensory processing issues. Not all children with sensory processing issues are autistic." If more doctors, clinicians and parents knew the differences between these conditions and the appropriate treatment for each, more children would get the help they need more quickly. The film aims to help this happen.

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