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My son has many sensory issues.  His sensory problems sometimes dominate our lives.  He is a vestibular seeker.  He likes hard, strong, BIG motions.  Sitting down is accomplished by jumping onto the sofa and hitting the back of it hard.  He likes to be high up; there are many times I've yelled at him climb down off the top of the monkey bars. 

I joke that I'm taking our math book with us to Disney so that after a hard ride on a roller coaster we'll sit down and math.  I'm sure he'd finish a page in 5 minutes as opposed to 30.  The funny thing is when he's belted in his booster seat, he's fine.  He used to be that way in his stroller too.  I never had a problem with him trying to climb out of his stroller.

He also is very tactile.  He likes to touch everything.  I keep him away from places where there are a lot of fragile items.  His hands just move on their own accord sometimes.  

Loud sounds make him cringe and cover his ears.  There was a fire drill when he was in preschool.  The next day after the drill, the fire alarms went off with burnt popcorn.  For years after, he carefully checked for fire alarms in each building he went into.  However, loud music does not affect him at all.  Music calms him down.  His current love is Dancing with Myself.

My son is a contradiction.  He's a sensory seeker and sensory defensive.  Some days I want to throw the towel in, but I know I'm his advocate and his teacher and most of all his mother, who loves him right down to his toes.