From the category archives:

Reducing Stimuli

Garanimals and Soft Clothing for Adults with Autism/Asperger’s…if only.

April 26, 2010

This is not my idea; it’s my husband’s because fashion chic is not my forté.  The color has to feel right.  The fabric has to feel right.  The fit of the clothing has to be right.  Ten minutes or three hours later, I rip those clothes off because they don’t feel right, and my breathing [...]

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Family TV Watching and Autism

May 8, 2009

You can help your child with autism lower their stress level with some simple rules about family TV watching. As a child and now an adult with autism and sensory processing disorder, I know that TV can be stressful to the point of jumping, tears, anger, confusion, and other reactions.   As an adult, I have [...]

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Posture Overload in Sensory Processing Disorder

March 16, 2009

By Dr. Paul Drew, author of Red Carpet Posture Where posture could make a difference with SPD is that it’s one less overload of stimuli going to the central nervous system and the brain. If a person is standing, moving, or sitting with incorrect posture and not in the correct alignment, he or she may [...]

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