What is Self-Injurious Behavior? Many children and adults with and without disabilities engage in what is called self-injurious behavior (SIB).…
What is Functional Vision? In my book From Flapping to Function: A Parent’s Guide to Autism and Hand Skills, I describe…
Many years ago, I worked at a day program training adults with developmental disabilities and noticed that some of them…
Excerpt from: From Flapping to Function: A Parent’s Guide to Autism and Hand Skills When I hear the word autism…
The following is an excerpt adapted from: From Flapping to Function: A Parent’s guide to Autism and Hand Skills Typically…
Benefits of Seating Adaptations Seating adaptations are designed to promote safety, comfort and function. For example, harness straps enable someone…
Do you have anxiety that makes you fidget, pick your skin, overeat, smoke or engage in other repetitive, nonfunctional…
The healing powers of horses have been recognized for thousands of years with the earliest recorded mention in the…
I have found that materials that vibrate often motivate babies, older children and adults with disabilities to grasp and manipulate…