Sleep
“Nice peaceful sleeping, and not just a few minutes!”
“Yeah, just off these small things, there was a massive difference, just of the first night” This is the whole story… A few weeks ago
June 24, 2021
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Category: Speech
Autism Therapy
Webinar: Words said, words felt
8 early stages of natural speech for children, including autism: Eye contact, Spitting, Mouthing, Biting, Vocalizing, Imitating sounds, Mama, First word.
February 25, 2021
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Attention Span
My Unexpected Journey That Became A Success Story
An inspirational journey of a mother who helped her child with autism achieve his best potential. It covers various therapies and interventions that worked for them, including Mendability’s Sensory Enrichment Therapy
October 13, 2020
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Fine Motor
Summer Activities for Autism: Fishing in the sink
Fish colored pom-poms or marbles. Besides fine motor improvement, this game is also a great speech development booster because it uses vision, fine motor, touch and posture skills simultaneously, which are all part of speech development.
July 31, 2019
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Autism Therapy
Activities for Autism: Outdoor Sticker Game
Match colored dot stickers with colored X’s on objects around your yard. Works on memory, patterns, instructions, visual processing, fine motor and speech.
June 11, 2019
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Social Skills
How to use Pokémon Go as a new therapy tool for speech and social skills
How this new video game Pokemon Go can reduce obstacles to social interaction and help overcome apraxia (delayed speech)
August 3, 2016
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ADHD
ADHD symptoms – updated checklist
Have you noticed the following ADHD symptoms in your child? If they persist for at least six months to a degree that is disruptive to your life, you may be dealing with attention deficit disorder (ADD, ADHD).
June 20, 2016
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Sensory Processing
Good music improves speech therapy for people with autism and Asperger’s
Several recent studies have concluded that children with autism, severely non verbal or partially verbal improve in both cognition and language when exposed to pleasant music, which has great implications for the development of speech therapy. Music also increases their attention and focus.
May 21, 2015
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Attention Span
Read poetry to your nonverbal autistic teen or adult to help speech development and relaxation
Reading to a baby or toddler is a very natural and spontaneous activity which parents enjoy as much as the child himself. Sadly, many nonverbal
March 9, 2015
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Social Skills
Read to your nonverbal autistic child
It starts before birth Research has shown that the fetus recognizes both parents’ voices and shows a preference for the mother’s voice. Growing inside the
March 3, 2015
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