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Map Your Sensory Sensitivity, Free 15-Question Profile

Take the free sensory sensitivity profile test. 15 questions mapping your sensory processing across 4 quadrants: Low Registration, Sensation Seeking, Sensory Sensitivity, and Sensation Avoiding. Drawing on Dunn's sensory processing framework. Instant results with workplace recommendations.

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The basics

What is the Sensory Sensitivity Profile?

The Sensory Sensitivity Profile maps how your nervous system processes sensory input across four quadrants drawn from Dunn's sensory processing framework. Everyone processes sensory information differently — some people miss signals (Low Registration), some actively seek stimulation (Sensation Seeking), some are easily overwhelmed (Sensory Sensitivity), and some actively avoid overload (Sensation Avoiding). Understanding your pattern is crucial for work environment design, stress management, and self-regulation.

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Sensory processing differences are a core feature of autism and are common in ADHD. But sensory patterns exist in everyone — this test is useful whether or not you're neurodivergent. Your results include workplace-specific recommendations.

No single quadrant is better or worse — each carries trade-offs. A high Sensation Seeking score can mean you stay energised in busy environments that drain other people; a high Sensory Sensitivity score often comes with noticing subtle detail others miss entirely. The point of mapping your profile is not to fix a flaw but to design your day around how your nervous system actually works — which rooms you choose, when you step away to reset, and which inputs you turn down or add on purpose.

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What You'll Discover

Your sensory profile across 4 quadrants, how you register, seek, sense, and avoid stimuli
Workplace recommendations, office setup, remote work, meeting strategies for your profile
Connection to neurodivergence, how your pattern relates to ADHD and autism traits
Self-regulation strategies matched to your dominant quadrant

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  • Sensory processing differences are a core feature of autism, but they exist in everyone on a spectrum. This test is useful for anyone curious about how they process sensory input, not just neurodivergent individuals.

  • The profile maps sensory processing on two axes: neurological threshold (how much input you need before noticing) and behavioural response (passive vs. active). This creates 4 quadrants: Low Registration (high threshold + passive), Sensation Seeking (high threshold + active), Sensory Sensitivity (low threshold + passive), Sensation Avoiding (low threshold + active). The two-axis model comes from Dunn's sensory processing framework; the 15 questions are original.

  • Sensory processing patterns are relatively stable but can be influenced by stress, sleep deprivation, medication, and sensory overload. Chronic stress typically lowers your threshold (making you more sensitive), while adequate rest raises it.

  • There is overlap, but they are not identical. "Highly sensitive person" is a popular-psychology label for one end of the spectrum — easily overwhelmed, deeply affected by stimuli. This profile is broader: it maps four distinct quadrants, including under-responsiveness (Low Registration) and stimulation-seeking, not just heightened sensitivity. You can be highly sensitive in one channel and under-responsive in another.

  • No. Every quadrant is a normal way for a nervous system to work, each with strengths and costs. A strong score simply tells you where your processing leans, so you can plan around it — choosing environments, pacing breaks, and shaping routines that fit rather than fight your wiring.

  • Practical levers help more than willpower: noise-cancelling headphones or earplugs, dimmable or warm lighting, a quieter desk away from foot traffic, and scheduled low-stimulation breaks before you hit overload rather than after. Your result flags which inputs to reduce first; the right adjustments depend on your dominant quadrant.

  • They interact. Sensory overload eats into the same mental bandwidth executive function relies on, so a draining environment can make focus, planning, and impulse control noticeably harder. If sensory load is high for you, it is worth also reflecting on your executive function profile — the two often compound each other.

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Discover your Sensory Sensitivity Profile profile. 15 questions, 2 min.

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Low Registration, Dominant Sensory Profile
Low awareness of sensory input, needs intensity to register
Seeking, Dominant Sensory Profile
Active pursuit of sensory stimulation and novelty
Sensitivity, Dominant Sensory Profile
High awareness and responsiveness to sensory input
Avoiding, Dominant Sensory Profile
Active avoidance of overwhelming sensory input