Sensory integration dysfunction can cause problems with a child's development and behavior.

Children with autism and other developmental disabilities often have sensory integration dysfunction.

But sensory integration dysfunction can also be associated with premature birth, brain injury, learning disorders, and other conditions.

The exact cause of sensory integration dysfunction is not known.

Children with sensory integration dysfunction cannot properly process sensory stimulation from the outside world.

Children with sensory integration dysfunction supposedly experience problems with their sense of touch, smell, hearing, taste and/or sight.

The sense of touch varies widely between children experiencing sensory integration dysfunction.

Difficulty with using both sides of the body together can occur in some cases of sensory integration dysfunction.

Some critics, however, worry that sensory integration dysfunction is being over-diagnosed, without good scientific evidence.

For more information about these symptoms, see sensory integration dysfunction.