Hi everyone,
I’m a mother of a 4-year-old girl, and I became interested in this topic because of our own experience.

My daughter is very sensitive to some clothing sensations, especially seams, tags, and certain fabrics.

Sometimes she refuses to wear certain clothes because they feel uncomfortable.

This experience with my daughter made me realize that something as simple as getting dressed can become a real challenge for some children.

I would like to learn from other parents who experience similar situations. I’m trying to better understand what children need to feel comfortable in their clothes.

I would love to hear your experiences:
• How old is your child, and when did you first notice clothing sensitivity?

• What bothers your child the most: seams, tags, fabrics, tight clothing, socks, waistbands, or something else?

• Are there any specific clothing items that are especially difficult for your child to wear?

• What solutions have you found that help? (specific brands, materials, removing tags, turning clothes inside out, etc.)

• If you could change one thing about children’s clothing to make it more sensory-friendly, what would it be?

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It really helps me learn from families who are going through similar challenges.

I’m not looking for medical advice, just personal experiences from parents.

Hi everyone! 👋

We're a team of students from UC Berkeley, TU Delft, and Monash University (Australia) participating in the European Innovation Academy.

We're researching a personalized solution that could selectively reduce specific trigger sounds for people with misophonia, autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, and other forms of sound sensitivity—while preserving the sounds they actually want to hear.

Before building anything, we want to learn directly from people with lived experience. We don't want to make assumptions about what people need. We've also had the opportunity to connect with a Duke researcher studying misophonia, and we're combining community feedback with expert insights to help guide our work.

If you have 3 minutes, we'd be incredibly grateful if you could complete our survey:

👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQRy5B02oUTlJk-tx4S-G98x9ULBC6VdYjJzCAylx868uiUg/viewform?usp=dialog

The questionnaire is completely anonymous, but if you'd be open to sharing more about your experiences, there's also an optional place to leave your email for a short conversation.

Your feedback will directly shape the direction of what we build, and we're truly grateful for any time you're willing to give us.

Thank you so much! 💙

I have a wonderfully exuberant 4 year old who doesn’t test as “anything” but shows a lot of sensory seeking behaviors. He rams things, bangs things, hollars, wants to wrestle 24/7. He’s smart and social. I’m trying to understand how to help him. Getting g to sleep is hard. I can see the scolding’s and comments from peers already starting to shape him. OT seems a little arbitrary. He already does most of the things in a sensory diet a million times a day. What am I missing? How could I help him find a bit of balance?

I'm on referral for autism and ADHD diagnosis, and have been for a little while (almost a year) and OCD, dyslexia, anxiety and depression run in the family. I also have some trauma that I think I have PTSD from but will be asking a professional at some point. I recently gave birth and my sensory issues seem heightened, I presume from sleep deprivation. I'm finding it difficult to do things that make me uncomfortable like washing my armpits and face.

I hate the feeling of residue on me, bar soap makes my skin feel dry so I use liquid soap, but I don't like the bubbles on my face. The issue with my armpits is I don't know if I put enough soap on, then I don't know if I washed it all off because I can't feel the liquid soap and I can't use the bar soap because I can feel it long after washing.

Any advice?

Could I get peoples opinion on something?

I currently wear Bose Earbuds/earplugs with earmuffs over top almost all day. I'm contemplating getting Bose headphones to put over my earplugs instead of earmuffs. Mostly for when I'm out in public because I hate wearing my earmuffs around people and also they hurt my head. But I need to know if the noise protection for that combination is as good as my current set up. Anyone used a similar set up? I don't have a shop in my town that has them to test them out. I tried on Sony in a shop and they barely did any noise protection.

I know Bose are expensive so most can't afford that brand. I get them 2nd hand. Even if anyone uses other brands I'm interested in comparing earplugs+earmuffs to earplugs+noise cancelling headphones. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I'm a neuroscience graduate with ADHD and anxiety, and I've been using grounding techniques for many years (one of which includes eating sour candy to help get me out of spirals). I've recently begun experimenting with a sensory-focused candy of my own for moments of anxiety, panic, overwhelm, or overstimulation. I'd love to hear your experience with different sensory needs and fun candy textures/flavors.

I put together a short survey to see what people would actually want in something like this (or if they even want it at all). All feedback is deeply appreciated!

If you're interested in helping, this is the link to the survey (I tried to make it as short as I could, it should take about ~5 minutes): https://forms.gle/69WoNqm4sQhoH9h29

Thank you so, so much! :)

Edit: for transparency, this is a personal project I'm tinkering with on my own, not tied to any company right now but might sell them one day if it goes anywhere! I just want to build something that people truly want instead of guessing. Also, to be clear, none of the data is being sold or shared anywhere.

P.S. If you're anywhere near LA and would want to try an early prototype sometime, please DM me, I'd love to get your feedback!