by Spectrum Sense | Sep 24, 2018 | Activities
10 Awesome Sensory Activities for Autism Everyday activities like doctor’s visits, church, restaurants, and quick car rides can be a struggle for children on the spectrum. Giving them some sensory input, or giving them a task to do, often makes these outings...
by Spectrum Sense | Aug 13, 2018 | Daily Life
Traveling With an Autistic Child: The Ultimate Guide “Just wait until their bedtime to leave. That way they will sleep most of the trip!” Raise your hand if you’ve heard that. Now raise it again if you tried and it failed! *Raising both hands!!*...
by Spectrum Sense | Aug 6, 2018 | Daily Life
How to Handle Autistic Meltdowns in Children I can’t tell you how many times I’ve received those glares in the grocery store, when my children have had autistic meltdowns. There have even been occasions where another shopper was annoyed enough to make a...
by Spectrum Sense | Jul 23, 2018 | Daily Life
The Relationship Between Executive Functioning and Emotional Regulation How many times have you tried to get your kids ready for school, and someone has a meltdown before they ever get out the door? Or your toddler is constantly bouncing from one extreme of emotions...
by Spectrum Sense | Jul 18, 2018 | Daily Life
Ways to Keep Your Autistic Child Safe I was standing in the kitchen when my son’s ABA therapist emerged from the basement alone. I asked where he was. Her response was, “I just told him to come up here. Didn’t he?” My stomach sank – my...
by Spectrum Sense | Jul 10, 2018 | Daily Life
Over 175 Sensory Toys You Can Find At Dollar Tree When you walk in the Dollar Tree, you most likely go straight to the toy section, right? There is a nice selection of sensory toys that pop up in calm down bins all over Pinterest, so you want to snatch those up for...
by Spectrum Sense | Jul 3, 2018 | Daily Life
Stimming – Should I Make My Child Stop? There we were, sitting in the middle of an eerily quiet church service in a new city. We clearly picked the wrong one to visit…you could hear a pin drop! Prayer begins, and little man starts humming...
by Spectrum Sense | Jun 25, 2018 | Activities
10 Super Simple Fine Motor Activities for Kids As focus shifts more and more towards learning ABC’s and 123’s, children are losing the more basic skills needed for Kindergarten: the ones that involve fine motor control and hand strength. I even found...
by Spectrum Sense | Jun 18, 2018 | Diagnosis
The First Steps to Take When Your Child Receives an Autism Diagnosis I can still remember the sucker punch delivered when the psychologist told me “Your son has autism.” I knew it was a big possibility, but hearing those words out loud was like being hit...
by Spectrum Sense | Jun 6, 2018 | Therapy
15 Autism Therapy Tools for Under $25 My youngest was quiet for a few minutes, which is always a reason for worry around here…that boy is always into something! I sneaked upstairs to see what he was doing, and discovered that he had swiped my heating pad and was...
