Sensory-friendly activities around Dallas-Fort Worth during winter

During the chilly, winter months, your child may have pent-up energy leaving you to look for activities to get them out of the house. If your child has developmental delays or disabilities, you may not only be looking for somewhere fun but also sensory-friendly. You can find a list of family-friendly activities that are accommodating […]

Find an adorable adaptive Halloween costume for your child this year

Halloween will be here before we know it! If you’re looking for the perfect Halloween costume for your child this year, we’re breaking down some of the cutest adaptive Halloween costumes sold by Target. The costumes have detachable pieces to suit a child’s comfort level, sensory-friendly designs that have built-in openings for easy access, and […]

Five words to full sentences

Hide-and-seek is a much loved childhood game. Most children love being “it” and express surprise and joy at the idea of being “caught” by their friends. For children like Matthew, however, hiding under the table was not a game. It was actually a way of expressing frustration with the inability to communicate to due Autism […]

She now experiences the joy of playing

For many children, nothing exceeds the joy of games like singing, playing with bubbles, or settling down for story time with a great book. It is understandable, then, how frustrating it can be for children with special needs to struggle to participate in the joys of childhood. With autism diagnoses on the rise, many children […]