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Living With Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD)

We've all read articles on Autisable about Autism and Asperger's, but I don't know if many of you know there is a higher functioning "version" of these disorders. It's called Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD). I was di…
Swinging the Other Way

James used to scream if we tried to get him on or near anything that swung. When he was a baby, I used to be able to swing him in the bucket seats no problem. Somewhere around age 18-24 months, swinging became an ac…
OT And Speech Sessions with Videos

We have good days and bad days with therapy. Yesterday, we had both. His OT therapy started off with my son selecting yes for the tire swing. It turns out, he didn’t want the tire swing. He wanted to swing, tha…
A Trick with The Blanket

*Rest assured, no blanket was harmed while conducting this very unscientific research. Or children, forgot the children bit! We have discovered something questionable pretty exciting, a new way to help HRH learn. He…
Knowing What We're Up Against

Moving to California gave us both a feeling of excitement and dread. We were in Colorado for a reason, i.e. getting away from the hustle and bustle of southern California and coming to cleaner air and open spaces.
Mystery Diagnosis

Part of why I was so anxious to get back into blogging was so that I could give you a peek into a life not only of a SAHM to two toddlers, but to a mom with a kid who has special needs. This is going to be a longer bl…
STIMulating perspectives...Euphem-isn'ts

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are" Anais Nin "It's not what you're looking at that matters, it's what you see" Henry David Thoreau I got a call from Oscar's occupational therapist last…
Jigsaw Puzzles are Hard!

As part of Logan's at home ot program, I often have him do jigsaw puzzles. As Nana and Papa can attest to here, he clearly does not enjoy doing them. He feels incompetent and has some motor planning issues. When he…
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…
Toileting OT

I have previously blogged about my therapy sessions focussing on skills such as handwriting and age-appropriate play. Occupational Therapists work with their clients on a very broad range of daily living skills, inclu…