![]() Special Needs Blogger Weekend Link-Up: It's real.Best headphones for kids and teens with autism and.Adaptive skiing for kids with disabilities: Max hi.Max aces ice shuffling, a new winter sport.Sweet potato love to help end world hunger.Special Needs Blogger Weekend Link-Up: Your happy.8 surprising FYIs about special needs planning.On proving your child's worth to the world.Everything is hard for him at school, so I'm just trying to find ways to help him! I have a Kindle Fire HD, does anyone know of any apps that might be helpful on that? He tends to freak out if he even suspects a game is "educational." I think it's because of all the stress he's had to deal with at school (LONG story).Īnyway, can't wait to make a list and start trying some of these ideas!! Reply Delete She said that he couldn't tell that there was anything in there until there was a lot.I'm not explaining that right, but.Īnyway, he's now 7 and in 1st grade. I don't remember how the OT put it, but when he was younger and starting to eat solid food, he would just stuff his mouth totally full, too full for him to even chew. Even though he meets the criteria for autism, he's not typical at all! We are having problems with him getting what he needs (insurance has a 30 visit limit on OT/PT/speech and even though he was approved for autism benefits through our insurance, we can't afford the copays and 25% coinsurance for each visit!!) He also doesn't seem to be aware of a lot as far as physical touch or something. Of course language and social skills are not his strong suit, but he's very creative. He is also behind in gross motor skills, but has improved a HUGE amount in that area. I would need several "burp rags" nearby and something always under his chin and around the sides of his neck, or both of us would be soaking wet. As a baby he could not keep a pacifier in his mouth for more than a couple seconds and when drinking from a bottle, formula would just come running out the sides of his mouth. I don't remember ever being told exactly what was going on, I just know he has weak strength when trying to write, it's hard for him to control and he tires VERY quickly. But he also seems to have low muscle tone pretty much all over his body. So great to read this!! I can't seem to concentrate long enough on anything lately (too many things going on!!), but I am really looking forward to trying a few of these ideas! My younger son has Autism (officially he has PDD-NOS). ‘Man handles them all,’ Galen noted, ‘as well as if his hands had been made for the sake of each one of them alone.’ So the hand can be shaped into a hook grip ( to pick up a bucket), a scissors ( to hold a cigarette), three-pronged vice (to hold a pen), a squeeze grip (to hold a hammer) a two-fingered grip (to turn a key) a disc grip ( to open a jar) and a spherical grip (to hold a ball), and each one of these everyday manoeuvres involves an astonishing range of cerebral activity It was the Greek physician Galen who pointed out the exquisite engineering behind the human hand, it’s astonishing capacity for manipulating an astonishing range of sizes, shapes and weights, from a log to a heap of seed. The quote comes from a book– Robert McCrum’s My Year Off. I thought you might find the below quote interesting. I have mild CP right hemiplegia and am interested in the workings of the hand. ![]() ![]() I love in the post where is Max practising the letter L- I love how happy Max is with himself.
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