DS has AS and a Sensory Processing Disorder as well as other difficulties.
We see an NHS OT and she has given practical strategies on managing sensory difficulties which, for him, relate largely to smells, taste and touch. So, for example, she will say 'take some perfume with you in case he smells something nasty'.
He is nearly 9 and, most alarmingly, he can still projectile vomit at a smell he doesn't like - most recently at a birthday party where he smelt the 'burnt smell' when the birthday candles were lit.
It can be very hard to manage, especially when he is ill, as he is now. We are reluctant to go to cafes, restaurants and always have to have a get away plan. We have all had colds and DS becomes super sensitive when ill and so will vomit at everything. This is so draining and it means I can't send him back to school tomorrow in case he is sick there.
Is there anyone, anywhere who can advise on stuff like this and anything you can do about it? I think we have exhausted our current OT's strategies and she is the head of the team.