Many years ago, I worked at a day program training adults with developmental disabilities and noticed that some of them…
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Excerpt from: From Flapping to Function: A Parent’s Guide to Autism and Hand Skills When I hear the word autism…
A baby’s motor development depends on good muscle tone to hold his head up, roll, sit and perform other milestones.…
Individuals with Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD) often have challenges interpreting and responding to sensory stimuli- such as touch in a…
The following is an excerpt adapted from: From Flapping to Function: A Parent’s guide to Autism and Hand Skills Typically…
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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…