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Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Sensory Processing Differences in Asperger Syndrome: What to Request at School and Work
...white-knuckling through sensory input that never lets...input that never lets up. Sensory processing differences...sharp, or too close. What Sensory Processing Differences...Differences Feel Like. Sensory differences in Asperger...Hypersensitivity means ordinary stimulation reads as overwhelming:...inconsistency is part of why sensory needs get dismissed....
Career > Interviewing
Panel Interviews and Disability: Managing Multiple Interviewers
...interrupt, and staying regulated in a room where the stimulation level just tripled. For job seekers with autism,...For job seekers with autism, social anxiety, or sensory processing differences, this format amplifies...translate to panel format. A quiet room helps with sensory load, but it doesn't address the cognitive demand...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: i See-quence Going to Fireworks
...watching fireworks, which for many children with sensory difficulties is a challenge. Loud noises are...challenge. Loud noises are common triggers for over-stimulation, so taking a child with sensory issues to a fireworks...for over-stimulation, so taking a child with sensory issues to a fireworks show is often a stressful...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
How to Modify Aggressive Behavior in Children with Autism
...reacting more to any sensory stimulation, most children...more to any sensory stimulation, most children will...hyperreact to auditory stimulation but it is also on occasions...on occasions visual stimulation as well. Some of them...of them will react to sensory stimulation such as...will react to sensory stimulation such as touching or...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Sensory Friendly Films for Autism
...surrounding speakers is often over-stimulating and frightening for children with...Theaters have teamed up to present "Sensory Friendly Films" for children with...typical movie theater, and this stimulation often leads to distress or discomfort,...to distress or discomfort, or the stimulation is so thrilling that a child with...
Education > Early Intervention
5 Unexpected Ways to Jump Start Your Child
...Your Child's Processing Skills Sensory Integration, providing sensory processing...sensory Integration, providing sensory processing activities and exercises...that incorporate a lot of vestibular stimulation can jump-start your child's processing...vestibular system. Children that have sensory processing issues have under developed...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Emotion, Community…MIRACLE!
Developmental delays, communication difficulties and/or motor planning and sensory processing challenges can impede a child's ability to express himself....community. Children who during their school day may be involved with self-stimulating behaviors, or may be aggressive due to feeling misunderstood, often come...
Social Engagement > Community Living
Emotion, Community…Miracles
Developmental delays, communication difficulties and/or motor planning and sensory processing challenges can impede a child's ability to express himself....community. Children who during their school day may be involved with self-stimulating behaviors, or may be aggressive due to feeling misunderstood, often come...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Holiday Meals and Families with Special Needs
...case, Villarreal offers up the solution of placing a plastic storage bin under his or her feet. It can also be useful to bring something visually stimulating, such as a toy or a book, for the child to look at while eating. Children who are nonverbal may be prone to making loud noises and startling relatives...
Medical > Psychiatry
When Behavior Becomes Self-Harm: A Parent's Guide to Managing Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
...cause. It's a pattern that emerges when communication breaks down, when sensory overload becomes unbearable, or when the body's pain threshold doesn't...your attempts to redirect or comfort. It's distinct from stimming (self-stimulatory behavior), which is rhythmic, soothing, and doesn't cause injury. If your...
Therapies > Animal
Is My Child Ready for Animal Therapy? Pre-Assessment Questions for Parents
How to evaluate fear, allergies, sensory sensitivities, and readiness before booking your child's first animal-assisted therapy session.
Lifestyle > Travel
How to Request Pre-Boarding When Flying with a Disability
...an assistive device, or settling in before the rest of the flight loads. The regulation covers wheelchair users, but it also covers passengers with sensory sensitivities, mobility limitations that don't require a wheelchair, medical equipment that needs stowing near the seat, and cognitive or developmental...