Using Themes When Buying Gifts for Special Needs K...

One way to go about choosing gifts for kids with special needs is to choose them around a specific theme. For our son, this helps him with his congnitive skills. You can tell by the look on his face that he’s making a connection between the toy in his hand being the same figurine as the one in the movie that he’s watching. I love that look! Let’s use the movie Wall-E for example. Personally, I absolutely...

A Few Gift Ideas for Special Needs Kids

Shopping for Kids With Special Needs: Here are some of my favorites that I have found, and will finish posting as soon as I get the chance. In case you haven’t visited the Products and Reviews area of our site yet, it’s designed to help you choose products according to all sorts of criteria such as age, what skills it helps develop (gross motor, fine motor, etc), and even price. Every registered member can both...

Switches, Switch Toys and What Helped Our Son

One thing that lots of special needs people use is switches. They can be used to activate toys, to help them communicate, and to interact with others. Nick was introduced to switches probably 10 years ago or so. The success rate for him activating the switch was probably as low as 0% – 5% when he first started out. And it didn’t improve much over time. We weren’t sure if he just wasn’t interested, or...

Do You Remember Highlights Magazine?

I can remember spending hours upon hours reading this magazine as a kid. And I could always count on the doctors office and dentist having it in their office, too. While I was browsing through magazines online, I came across a relatively new version of the Highlights Magazine called Highlights High Five. This magazine stimulates kid’s social and emotional growth, and their ability to reason and think creatively. It also...