Where most people simply saw a school storage closet, Stacey Nelson saw a place where special needs elementary school ...

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BRIGHTON — Special needs students in the Southwestern School District will soon have a new tool at their disposal, as staff — with the help of Girl Scouts and the Illinois Education Association — ...

Maplewood, N.J. • Incense. Organ blasts. Forced hugs and handshakes. For folks who struggle to process sensory input, houses of worship can quickly feel anything but holy. That was the case for Lark ...

Sensory diets are programs of sensory activities children can perform during the day to give them an appropriate amount of sensory input. Some experts think this can help improve attention and ...

Conditions like autism and conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder make people especially sensitive to loud noises and cramped, overstimulating environments. It’s common practice among parents ...

For neurodivergent people, clutter and chaos can trigger sensory overload, making it tough to focus, relax, or feel at peace.

Ellen Burns needed a break from the crowd. Her New York Mets were hosting an afternoon game against the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves in early May, and the game had drawn more than ...

Since COVID, many schools across the country have been investing ESSER funds into sensory spaces. The availability of this funding, along with the complex trauma issues brought on by the ...

All animals, human and nonhuman alike, experience the world through the perceptive lens of their senses: seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling. But we humans often fail to take in just how different ...