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Review: Step In The Right Direction video

I recently contacted Anna Kennedy as I read about a new dance DVD she had developed for children with autism and aspergers syndrome. Anna’s DVD, ‘Step in the right direction’ has been produced in a…
Trying Not to Panic

When I got back from my fabulous week away in NYC (on Sunday) HRH was having trouble walking, Mr LS said it began on Saturday. The best way to describe it is that he is limping on both legs, like he has stones in hi…
Is Coordination Really a Problem?

I've read in a number of places that people with Asperger's often exhibit physical awkwardness/clumsiness. Intuitively, that never really made sense to me...but I figured "whatever." Yet, I was watching my son the oth…
Improvement...sorta

We visited Ava's developmental pediatrician yesterday for a report on Ava's progress. They did a few standardized tests to gauge Ava's improvement and outline her skill set. She was observed by a psychologist and te…
Creative Hand Strength

One of the things our OT suggested to help build up the girls hand strength* was playing with pegs. Helping Mummy hang out the clothes only goes so far, especially in winter when it is too damp to hang stuff up on the…
Medicine that won't go down...

It’s a common phenomenon for many of us with children on the spectrum – those pesky fine and gross motor skills, with a dash of scattered sequencing and a dollop of mis-matched motivation – a recipe for disaster if…

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