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"You Don't Have Words to Describe What I Experience" - What Does Autism Feel Like?
The sensory experience of individuals with autism based on first hand accounts.
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Physiotherapy: Using the PhysioBall To Build Strength
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Try this with kids with cerebral palsy or Hypotonia. Having trouble developing good head, neck, and back control? Try lying your child face down on the ball, holding their hips, and encouraging them to lift their face while the ball is rolled forward.
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Assentive Communication: Hey, What's that Sound?
To help children match sounds with pictures of instruments, try putting pictures of musical instruments on the Cheap Talk's squares, and add the recorded sounds of the instruments.
Here is a game to play:
Play the sampled sounds for the child covering the square pressed. Can the child find the right instrument picture? If the sound is the same, they did it!