Health & Fitness

Fitness Challenge 0

Fitness Challenge

Fitness Challenge Having written dozens of articles about fitness for the autism and special needs population over the past 8 years I’ve learned, omitted, added, and altogether changed much of...

A New Year & a New Autism Model Is Emerging 0

A New Year & a New Autism Model Is Emerging

A New Year & a New Autism Model Is Emerging Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by malfunctions in social interaction, communication, behavioral stereotypes,...

Maintaining Healthy Changes 0

Maintaining Healthy Changes

Maintaining Healthy Changes Most people who try to lose weight fail to keep it off. Why? They fail to make changes that will last them a lifetime. Instead, they opt...

12 Special Needs Fitness Tips for the New Year 0

12 Special Needs Fitness Tips for the New Year

I have the interesting position of watching trends in special needs and fitness. Last year several articles and web sites brought attention to the increasing incidence of obesity and lifestyle-related...

The New Rules Of Adaptive PE 0

The New Rules Of Adaptive P.E.

Adaptive P.E. Most of the Adaptive Physical Education programs that I have either observed or been briefed upon fit into one of three categories: Are based on units of team...

School Lunch Ideas 0

School Lunch Ideas

School Lunch Ideas One of the most dreaded chores when school starts up again is thinking about packing lunches for school. Clearly giving your child his or her own lunch...