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Pro Baseball Player Invents the Sensory Belt and Becomes a Special Needs Advocate

Chances are, Matt Bruback is one of the few pitchers in professional baseball history who feels grateful about taking a line drive off the knee.

The injury spurred him to create a weighted belt that was originally designed to help baseball players with balance and body awareness, but the Sensory Belt evolved into a product that benefits children with autism and ADHD, improving concentration, focus, and sensory deficits […]

Benefits of Weighted Blankets – Interview with Kristi Langslet, OTR/L

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What are the Benefits of Weighted Blankets? We are often asked what the Benefits of Weighted blankets are for kids and how they help kids sleep. The fact is Weighted blankets are rapidly growing in […]

Sensory Processing Disorder – Part 1

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The following article is a reprint written by Susan Donohoe. She’s the owner of Kozie Clothing, the newest line of compression and weighted clothing that can be found at SensoryEdge Many Children with Aspergers experience […]

How to Help a Child with a Learning Disability

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A learning disability can be classified as a number of different disorders that hinder a child’s capacity to learn. A learning disability could affect the way that a child listens, thinks, reads, writes, spells, and […]

April is Autism Awareness Month

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Having a special needs child is difficult. Until you walk in those shoes you can never really understand what parents of a special needs child go through. April is Autism Awareness month and we thought […]

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There Are Multiple Forms of Autism

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Genetic – Symptoms can present themselves within the first few months to a year old. Environmental – Parents feel that there child was typically on track with sudden regression. Unfortunately most doctors prefer […]

Friendship Counts with Kids with Autism

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In the new television series Parenthood, we meet a boy named Max and his parents, who are coming to grips with Max’s diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. His parents are frustrated and overwhelmed with Max’s behavior. […]

Second Chance: How Adoption Saved a Boy with Autism and His Shelter Dog

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PBS Kids named Second Chance: How Adoption Saved a Boy with Autism and His Shelter Dog by Sandra J. Gerencher of Bethlehem, Pa. to its “Great Books About Adoption” recommended reading list in the nonfiction […]

Sensory Integration is the Edge for Kids

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Autism is one of the most often misunderstood diagnosis given to children today. Many people think it means the child is locked only in their own head or is in some way mentally challenged and […]

To The Moon! Sensory Tables and Sand.

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If you have children or you work with them on a regular basis, you are fully aware of the kinds of projects that they like to get involved in and anything they get to […]