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.
Kids really should come out with an instruction manual. It should be attached to their umbilical chords at birth. At the very least some best practices and a message of caution would be helpful as in:
Caution: I am a real little person with feelings. I grow and
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
I have seen some recent posts on the Fun and Function Facebook page about ‘the diet’ and if it works for kids on the spectrum. Our family has been using the diet for several years, so I figured it was time to write about it. Please note that although I am a trained healthcare professional,
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Find out how we spent Fourth of July – and why I’m celebrating sand and swings! New blog post over at www.walkwithwill.com Twitter: @walkwithwill
