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Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum

Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes

By Ms. Charlotte Perkins
...cover the social dynamics of middle school. The sensory sensitivities you learned to accommodate now include...you learned to accommodate now include menstrual products, body odor, and physical changes your child can't...cognitive or emotional tools to process them. Add sensory sensitivities, difficulty with abstract social...
Sensory Boards for Special Needs
Assistive Tech > Hardware

Sensory Boards for Special Needs

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Sensory processing...world. Sensory integration...respond to sensory information,...those with sensory processing...Using sensory integration...integration products is one...child with sensory processing...additionally, these products are ideal...not have sensory processing...One such sensory integration...integration product is a sensory...product is a sensory board,...creation of a sensory board is...following sensory objects:...
Weighted Blankets for Special Needs
Special Needs > General Special Needs

Weighted Blankets for Special Needs

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...should have. Sensory Goods is a...autism and sensory integration...the biggest product for Sensory...product for Sensory Goods, and...body, and this sensory experience...autism or other sensory disorder like...and providing sensory input. The...companies use food products such as rice...these food products collect bacteria,...impossible to wash. Sensory Goods uses...
What is a Pressure Vest?
Assistive Tech > Hardware

What is a Pressure Vest?

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...children with autism, ADHD, sensory integration disorders,...neurological disorders. Sensory Goods is a company that...makes affordable weighted products, and each of their pressure...feedback to a child with a sensory processing disorder....disorder. Proprioceptors are sensors that aid in a child's...functioning of these sensors is essential for accurate...
5 Unexpected Ways to Jump Start Your Child
Education > Early Intervention

5 Unexpected Ways to Jump Start Your Child

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Your Child's Processing Skills Sensory Integration, providing sensory processing...sensory Integration, providing sensory processing activities and exercises...vestibular system. Children that have sensory processing issues have under developed...Balametrics, a program that provides products that improve brain functions, states...
Sleep and Autism: Evidence-Based Help for Children Who Can't Fall Asleep or Stay Asleep
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum

Sleep and Autism: Evidence-Based Help for Children Who Can't Fall Asleep or Stay Asleep

By Ms. Charlotte Perkins
...for many autistic children, and the sensory and routine needs that shape their...neurology behind it involves melatonin production timing, sensory processing differences,...involves melatonin production timing, sensory processing differences, and difficulty...which delays natural sleep onset. Sensory sensitivities that are manageable...
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
Therapies > Other

Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says

By Benjamin Schultz
...credentialing, and what research shows for children with autism, cerebral palsy, sensory processing challenges, and other developmental differences. It's not promotional....simultaneously. RCT-level evidence is the strongest indicator that a therapy produces measurable outcomes. Preliminary studies include case reports, small pilot...
Investing in the Future of Special Needs Research and Innovation
Research > Funding

Investing in the Future of Special Needs Research and Innovation

By Kelsey James
...limited mobility Smartphone apps that help manage and track symptoms Wearable sensors to alert to medical emergencies Continued investment fuels the pipeline...investment fuels the pipeline of new ideas and accelerates getting impactful products to the people who can benefit from them the most. Advancing Medical Treatments...
Robin Borakove, "Angels Among Us”
News > Research

Robin Borakove, "Angels Among Us”

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Philanthropist , Inspirational Speaker, Founder and CEO of FlutterVision Productions, and beloved Children's Entertainer, "Fairy Queen Flutterby, Robin Borakove...long term success. Through years of sleepless nights, misdiagnoses and sensory overload issues, she was often misunderstood, and among many unhappy childhood...
Many People with Autism Suited for Jobs
Career > Finding Jobs

Many People with Autism Suited for Jobs

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...there is a group of potential employees in the autism community who can be productive workers if given a chance. Chris Simler is the director of career development...unique way of communicating and also provide support for challenges such as sensory sensitivity or...
Para Biathlon at the 2026 Paralympics: Events, Rules, and Athletes
News > Sports

Para Biathlon at the 2026 Paralympics: Events, Rules, and Athletes

By Brock Jefferson
...them catches up. The shooting is not decorative. It is the mechanism that produces the results. Competition runs at the Biathlon Arena Cortina d'Ampezzo from...rather than conventional rounds: the rifles fire a laser beam at electronic sensors on the target plate, which register hits instantly. No live ammunition...
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
Research > Assistive Tech

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials

By William Lewis
...adults, and the gap between "approved for adults" and "usable by a child with sensory sensitivities" is enormous. This article separates what's available now...(non-invasive EEG), others use implanted electrodes (invasive), and a few use sensors that rest on or near the brain without penetrating tissue (semi-invasive)....

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