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Autistic Mama and Sons Request: See Us for Us, Not our Labels

Tiffany Hammond is an autistic mama to two autistic sons. She shares that their diagnosis is not a one-size-fits-all expression. Rather, Tiffany sees this as part of her family’s unique human experience.

My Son Is Not A Diagnosis, An Understanding Of Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity is a concept that communicates that diagnoses such as ADHD and autism are not “abnormalities” but rather variations in the human brain. This mom shares her journey to understanding neurodiversity and meeting her child's unique needs.

Feeding The Senses Helps Regulate Emotions: Part 2

Sensory diets are one way to incorporate alerting or calming sensory activities to regulate the nervous system, and because every child is unique, so too is every sensory diet. Here are 9 things to consider when designing a sensory diet:

Feeding The Senses Helps Regulate Emotions: Part 1

Learn about your child's sensory system and how dysregulation leads to big emotions. Here are some tools to alert or calm your kiddo's nervous system to help regulate big feelings and behavior.

Mama Of Two Neurodiverse Sons Uses ToolKit To Nurture Their Unique Minds

We love reading stories about how our tools are living for families in their homes. Here’s a story that came in from mama Kelley Rufkahr with her children Wyatt, age six, and Emmett, age four.

5 Sensory Activities Better Than Slime

I am no Pinterest mom. Let’s start there. But when I saw a picture of a kiddo playing in a tub of colored noodles, it intrigued me. As an occupational therapist, sensory integration is my jam. Unfortunately, the noodles turned out to be one colossal fail. Here are 5 sensory activities that...

Teaching The Whole Learner: School Spotlight on Bloom360

Bloom360 Learning Community, a nonprofit school in southeastern Wisconsin for Learners ages 5 to 21 with neurodiverse needs, based their entire 2019/20 school year curriculum themes around the PeaceMakers themes of Power, Joy, Balance, Love, Peace, Intuition, and Forgiveness, and the outcomes are inspiring.

Autistic Mama and Sons Request: See Us for Us, Not our Labels

My Son Is Not A Diagnosis, An Understanding Of Neurodiversity

Feeding The Senses Helps Regulate Emotions: Part 2

Feeding The Senses Helps Regulate Emotions: Part 1

Mama Of Two Neurodiverse Sons Uses ToolKit To Nurture Their Unique Minds

5 Sensory Activities Better Than Slime

Teaching The Whole Learner: School Spotlight on Bloom360

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