Mom Approved Gifts: Perfect Season for Fun
Mom Approved Gifts Buying gifts for a child or teen with special needs can prove challenging. As a Mom to a son who has Cerebral Palsy, I have struggled over...
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Brain-Building Fun: Inclusive Games for Families and Kids
Brain-Building Games These days, information about building our brains’ capacity and skills seems to be everywhere. “Change your brain, and you’ll change your life,” they say. Could it be true?...
Sharing! Updates: Caring Santa, Toy Guide, and Freedom Chair
Caring, Sensitive Santa Caring Santa is an opportunity for children with special needs and their families to enjoy a photo session with Santa. Extra care has been taken to support...
Sharing! Updates: Hypoallergenic Peanuts, Doodle Bugs, & Robots4Autism
Hypoallergenic peanut products could someday be available to the millions of Americans allergic to regular peanuts. Hypoallergenic Peanuts Hypoallergenic peanut products could someday be available to the millions of Americans...
Special Resources: Online Specialty Stores for Children with Special Needs Holiday Shopping Just Got Easier
Specialty Stores for Children with Special Needs Different Roads to Learning Different Roads to Learning is founded to help teachers and parents give every young student on the autism spectrum...
To the Holidays and Beyond!
A movie that has become a childhood classic, and favorite for kids and parents alike, Toy Story, leads to a lesson in staying-power. The main character, Andy, etched his name...
The Upside of Making Your Own Educational Toys
I remember the first time I brought an educational toy. It was a shape sorter in which the square block fits in the square hole, the ball in the round...
Special Needs Toy Buying Guide: Answering Many of the Questions About Buying the Right Toy.
What toy will be best for my child? What are the safety considerations I should be aware of? What features should I look for in a toy?
Tips for Selecting the Right & Safe Toys
Tips for Selecting the Right & Safe Toys Question: What should I be concerned about as it relates to holiday gifts and toys with my special needs child? Answer: All...
Let’s Get It Together Holiday Guide
Let’s Get It Together Holiday Guide This Year’s Toys Selected by Ellen Metrick, AblePlay/National Lekotek Center; Fun and Function; Parenting Special Needs Holidays are a time to get together with...
