Tone? What is it? Tone is the amount of resistance in the belly of your muscles. Some of us have “normal tone” and some of us have low tone. Then there are those with high tone. Children with neurological challenges often present themselves with either high tone (for example children with cerebral palsy) or low
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Hi everyone, In the last blog post I mentioned Sharon Heller’s Too Loud too Bright too Fast too Tight. I just want to draw your attention to two other potential resources of information for adults with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) http://www.spdfoundation.net/library.html#adults and Dr. Moya Kinnealey’s list of publications http://kinnealey.org/about/selected-publications/. Dr. Kinnealey has done much work
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I decided to go to the mall yesterday. It’s a small mall relatively speaking. I was looking for a
coat. Just a coat. Well, after an hour and a half, walking around, trying on coats, walking around
some more, going in and out of stores I came out of the mall, got in to my car, and drove home.
I’ve always been sensory defensive. Tags felt like steel wool on my back, shoes always had bumps in them, clothes were either too tight or too loose, crowds scared me
We have a new Featured Professional to introduce you to! Barbara works with kids with special needs and graciously answered a few questions. Fun and Function: Who are you and what is your profession? Barbara Gini: I’m Barbara Gini, and I am a Children’s Adaptive Yoga Teacher. FF: What company do you work with? BG:
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We have a new Featured Parent to introduce you to! Fun and Function: Who are you and your kids? Margie Walker: I’m Margie Walker, and my kids are “Beauty” Walker, age 5, and “Macho” Walker, age 3. FF: What is the nature of their special needs? MW: Autism, SPD, PDD-NOS, and ADHD. FF:Where can we
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We have a new Featured Parent to introduce you to! Fun and Function: Who are you and your kids? Dianna Patton: I’m Dianna Patton and my daughter is Grayson who is 34 months. FF: What is the nature of their special needs? DP: Speech Apraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder. FF: What would you say is
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We have a new Featured Parent to introduce you to! Fun and Function: Who are you and your kids? Andria: I’m Andria, and my kids are Mason, 18, and Juni, 5. FF: What is the nature of their special needs? A: Mason is neurotypical. Juni has PDD-NOS, receptive/expressive speech impairment, ADHD, and auditory processing disorder.
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