Sensory integration is the ability to process all the input coming from our various senses and – well, their senses. Sensory integration disorder is a neurological condition characterized by the inability to process all that is related to sensory perception. People with the disorder can only tolerate input from one sense or the other at […]
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Radio had its golden years during the decades between 1920 and 1960. Its social importance can be equated to television: It offered information, news and entertainment for the whole family. There was a radio show to please everyone in the family: daytime soaps for the housewife, thrilling kid shows for the kids after school and […]
Lisa, a Registered Occupational Therapist, says of the patients she serves “I help them gain the skills needed to live meaningful and functional lives.” Lisa decided in high school that she wanted to do something in a health career. She looked into physical therapy, but decided against it when she learned that most physical therapy […]
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Parents of autistic children are perpetually inundated with new therapy options. Every week it seems a new book, supplement, exercise, software program, or philosophy of therapy has come on the market and is being discussed on talk shows and message boards. One week it might be dietary interventions and the next week the rage might […]