Some children have enhanced sensitivity to stimuli of any type - visual, auditory or other stimuli. This enhanced sensitivity can ge so great that it draws their attention to a certain object to a certain thing that is not what they were supposed to be thinking about at the time. For example, if someone is talking to them, they might suddenly see something which attracts their attention. They will forget about your discussion, your conversation, and they will pay attention to the element that distracted them. This is indeed one of the problems faced by the special education teachers and by the world of special needs when dealing with those who have these enhanced sensitivities.

Again, this situation has to be handled so that the person can live in the real world but this does not necessarily mean that it is a bad thing. After all, no one would say that sensitivity is negative. The problem is that the person allows these sensitivities to distract them from other things.

Thus, if the person can learn to cope with these distracting elements while still maintaining his sensitivity, he might be able to focus these sensitivities into a new way of relating to art or music or other productive issues in which enhanced sensitivity is a positive element and can enable him to be able to use his abilities as a gift rather than as a hindering curse in his life.