The Acrylic Writing Slope is an exceptional sensory tool, expertly designed to cater to the unique needs of children with special needs, autism, and ADHD. Providing a secure and enjoyable platform for reading, writing, and drawing. This sensory tool goes beyond mere entertainment, stimulating cognitive development, enhancing fine motor skills, and fostering a love for learning.

Designed for ultimate practicality, the Acrylic Writing Slope features non-slip grips, ensuring a secure and stable platform that prevents any unwanted sliding. This thoughtful design element provides young learners with a seamless and uninterrupted writing or drawing experience, promoting a sense of control and accomplishment.

With an extra-wide 13.5-inch board, this writing slope accommodates large-size books or workbooks, granting children the freedom to explore beyond conventional paper sizes. Their imaginations can soar, unrestricted by limitations, fostering creativity and curiosity.

Benefits

• Allows for good visual contact
• Helps build dexterity and improve handwriting
• Improves fine motor control
• Can assist in changing inappropriate pencil grip by changing the supination and pronation of the wrist
• Helps child automatically assume a more upright posture prompted by a raised shoulder girdle; combined with corrected neck posture, can improve breathing to create better focus

Specs for Writing Slope

Weight
2.5 lbs

Spice up your style with our Fluffmallow Enamel Pins! These colorful accessories not only add a pop of color to any outfit, but also have two rubber clutches on the back for a secure fit. Upgrade your pin game and stand out from the crowd with these quirky and fun enamel pins.

• 1.5" diameter

The guiding principle for the adaptive AdaptiWrap is "Comfort and utility IS the style," i.e., every element of the design has a purpose that benefits the wearer.

This item is shipped directly from manufacturer and is not available in store.

• The polar fleece material is high-quality, cozy, non-pilling, durable, stain-resistant and machine washable/dryable, making it a preferred wardrobe staple.
• The AdaptiWrap is put on the wearer from the front, like a Tour de France podium jersey. It's like giving them a hug, and avoids the ordeal of pulling the garment down over the head, which can cause anxiety, disorientation, resistance and upset.
• The AdaptiWrap is loosely fitted, for comfort and ease of movement, and to accommodate a base layer, if desired. It facilitates assistance with dressing.
• The fashion-forward funnel collar, importantly, protects the neck, which, for elders, is particularly vulnerable to drafts.
• The snaps-at-the-shoulders closure mechanism is safer than buttons, zippers, and more durable than Velcro. It discourages the wearer from disrobing at inappropriate places and times.
• The double panel back closure provides warmth and full coverage when the wearer is lifted or turned. The design avoids fabric bulk down the spine, which is uncomfortable when sitting or reclining.
• The garment back is 2" longer for coverage and style, but not so long as to interfere with using the restroom.
• The garment front features a kangaroo pocket large enough for the wearer to keep their hands warm.
• The kangaroo pocket will contain a snap ribbon loop for a fidget, if desired, to keep hands and mind active and engaged.
• A smaller pocket on the upper left arm is an athleisure style element, and features the Twiddle® logo. This pocket can accommodate a key and credit card, for potential users not living with dementia, e.g., those with limited shoulder mobility or traumatic brain injury.
• Slightly elongated elbow pads prevent wear, and provide a little extra comfort for weary arms in a wheelchair.

ADHD Strategies for Minecrafters: Fun Activities to Help Kids Thrive―An Unofficial Activity Book for Minecrafters (50+ Activities!) (2022), Erin Falligant

A fun activity book to help fans of Minecraft with ADHD!

This kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and concepts to help kids with ADD and ADHD build their executive-functioning skills and manage their behaviors with greater confidence and ease. With Steve, Alex, zombies, endermen, and skeletons to guide them, young Minecrafters will be encouraged to try a variety of fun tools to help improve their focus, stay engaged at school, embrace their strengths, make friends with ease, and give their wonderfully busy brain an active outlet.

Full of helpful tools to help kids with ADHD manage challenges at home and at school.
High-interest pages with colorful illustrations and familiar video game characters.
Teaches kids to look at ADHD from a positive, can-do perspective.
Empowering for kids and parents.

Packed with useful suggestions for homework organization, movement breaks, emotional regulation, social skills practice, mindfulness exercises, and more, this book is the essential gamer-friendly survival guide for kids with ADHD.

Reading Age: 5-84
Paperback: 64 pages

Carpeted Platform Swing Seat is a strong, versatile swing seat for all!

A light yet strong platform swing which can easily hold you, your child, and some friends.

With the stationary eye hooks it is a neat place for a child to read, do school work, or various therapies.

You can sit, kneel, stand, crouch on the Plywood Platform or invite some friends and have a swinging party.

• Seat only
• Excellent for home, therapy offices, commercial setting, schools and more
• Add a swivel for multidirectional swinging - must order separately
• Platform large enough for multiple people
• Holds up to 450 lbs.
• Made in USA

This item is shipped directly from the manufacturer. Domestic shipping included.

Benefits

• Helps develop gross motor skills, sense of balance, coordination, and spatial awareness
• Improves mood and focus
• Strengthens core and improves body awareness and posture

Need Fulfilled

• Vestibular input

Specs for Swing Seat

Dimensions of seat
60” x 20” x 3/4” 

The Adult Glider Swing Seat is a fun and stimulating swing!

Instead of swinging front to back, gliding is swinging side to side.

The Glider is a fun and stimulating swing, great for improving balance. The pull bars are easy to adjust to any height.

• Seat only
• Excellent for home, therapy offices, commercial setting, schools and more
• Instead of swinging front to back, gliding is swinging side to side
• Designed for adult use
• Includes adjustable handles
• Holds up to 375 lbs
• Made in USA

This item is unavailable in store, but is shipped directly from the manufacturer. Domestic shipping included.

Benefits

• Helps develop gross motor skills, sense of balance, coordination, and spatial awareness
• Improves mood and focus
• Strengthens core and improves body awareness and posture

Need Fulfilled

• Vestibular input

Specs for Swing Seat

Dimensions of seat
60" x 20" x ¾"

Weight
32 lbs.

This item is unavailable in store, but is shipped (free) directly from the manufacturer. 

The Adult Soft Taco is an easy and fun way to get relaxed. Get the full therapeutic effect by lying face up or down, and slowly swinging.

This sling seat extends full body pressure provided by the user’s own weight. It is very supportive and calming for an overly stimulated person in a non-restrictive setting.

Made of durable rip-stop material with soft, cotton-like feel which can easily be removed for washing.

• Seat only
• Excellent for home, therapy offices, commercial setting, schools and more
• Made of durable rip-stop material with soft, cotton-like feel which can easily be removed for washing
• Designed for adult use
• Holds up to 220 lbs
• Made in USA

This item is shipped directly from the manufacturer and is not available in store. Domestic shipping is included in the cost.

Benefits

• Get the full therapeutic effect by lying face up or down and slowly spin
• Extends full body pressure provided by the user’s own weight.
• Supportive and calming for an overly stimulated person in a non-restrictive setting

Need Fulfilled

• Vestibular input

Specs for Swing Seat

Dimensions of seat
72 inches long with 48 inch poles

Weight
12 lbs.

This item is unavailable in store but is shipped directly from the manufacturer. Domestic Shipping Included

Advanced Parenting: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges (2023), by Kelly Fradin

“An invaluable resource for parents and caregivers,” this important, empathetic guidebook offers practical steps for managing children's health (Emily Oster, PhD,  New York Times bestselling author of Cribsheet and Expecting Better).

Any parent who has ever walked out of a concerning appointment with their child's doctor or teacher has experienced a heady mix of emotions--fear, love, confusion, concern, sadness, and perhaps even anger. While every parent hopes for a healthy child, the reality is that children face many common challenges, including medical issues like ADHD, asthma, food allergies, feeding issues, learning disabilities, anxiety and depression, and developmental delays, throughout their formative years. As the role of a parent becomes one of a caregiver, it can be overwhelming for parents and children alike, particularly if money, time, access, or any combination of those are in short supply. 

As a balm, Dr. Kelly Fradin offers Advanced Parenting, based on her experience as a complex-care pediatrician. In this crucial guide, parents will find empathy and support as well as evidence-based practical guidance. Of greatest import is the need for tools with which to manage the emotional stress that comes from having a child who deviates from the norm, as well as coping with uncertainty and navigating the business of care. Readers will discover ways to optimize the outcomes for their family and make their day-to-day life easier.

Advanced Parenting will help families from the beginning of their journey, helping parents to decide when a child needs help, accepting the implications of a challenge, obtaining a correct diagnosis, learning about the issue, building a treatment team and coming up with a comprehensive plan. Dr. Fradin explores how a child struggling can affect the entire family dynamic including the parent’s relationships and the siblings overall well-being, and with her experience as a complex care pediatrician, she will help parents avoid common mistakes. Parents will feel seen, supported, and better prepared to be both a parent and a caregiver.

Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Balance
ISBN: 978-1538722466

Set of extra Toobz and balls for expanding your Air Toobz set. This expansion pack comes with enough tubes and connectors to double the length of your Air Toobz build, plus 10 extra balls.

• Includes 6 transparent 12-inch tubes, 6 transparent orange corner tubes, 12 easy-fit connectors, 10 colorful EVA foam balls
• Ages 3+

Glo Pals Characters were developed by a mother with an autistic child to help him overcome his fear of water. They activate when wet! Use these delightful characters in the bathtub to keep your child so captivated that they won't want to get out, or incorporate them into your sensory learning plans. As soon as they leave the water they turn off. Perfect for water tables, bath tubs, baby pools, or anything filled with water.

• Includes 2 light up cubes 
• Cubes activate and light up when wet - turn off when out of water
• LED lights
• Lasts for 8 lighted hours
• Batteries are not replaceable
• Ages 3+ 

Benefits

• Makes bath time more fun
• Helps with the development of color recognition
• Introduces cause and effect
• Ideal for water and sensory play

Need Fulfilled

• Visual input

Specs for Characters

Dimensions
4 x 0.75 x 4 inches

Package weight
4.5 oz

2021 Schneider Family Book Award Young Children's Honor Book (American Library Association)

Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this inspiring autobiographical picture book. This beautifully illustrated story includes a foreword from Jennifer and backmatter detailing her life and the history of the disability rights movement.

This is the story of a little girl who just wanted to go, even when others tried to stop her.

Jennifer Keelan was determined to make a change―even if she was just a kid. She never thought her wheelchair could slow her down, but the way the world around her was built made it hard to do even simple things. Like going to school, or eating lunch in the cafeteria.

Jennifer knew that everyone deserves a voice! Then the Americans with Disabilities Act, a law that would make public spaces much more accessible to people with disabilities, was proposed to Congress. And to make sure it passed, Jennifer went to the steps of the Capitol building in Washington DC to convince them.

And, without her wheelchair, she climbed.

Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
ISBN: 978-1492688976
Age Range: 4-8 Years

All-in-One Art Easel is a fun “shape building” set utilizing embedded magnets that immerses children (and creative adults) into crafting 2D and 3D art. Picasso Tiles strives to help creative children in core fundamentals such as the basics of physics, aptitude in mechanics, building and architecture. Magnetic shapes also help give your child that early exposure to the basics of magnetism and shapes. 

• Dual magnetic whiteboard and chalkboard sides for more ways to create
• Includes: dry eraser for both white/chalk board, white board markers (blue, black, red, green), chalk, chalk cap, 12 magnets, 2 marker storage cups, 1 large storage tray
• Height adjustable (29 in - 35.2 in)
• Waterproof frame
• Ages 3-8

Benefits

• Introduces kids to STEM concepts
• Encourages fine motor skill development, hand/eye coordination, cause and effect, and problem solving
• Set is designed for kids to help set up and develop planning skills
• Encourages creative play

Safety Features

• Non-toxic 

Specs for Art Easel

Weight
5.4 lbs

This seatbelt cover is used on most standard vehicle seatbelts to notify emergency personnel that the person in the seatbelt may or may not respond to verbal communication. It attaches easily over existing seatbelts or even the strap of a book bag. It can easily be moved from vehicle to vehicle thanks to the hook and loop closure. Made of a grippable neoprene fabric to keep your seat belt cover in place.

Specs for Cover

Material
Polyester
Velcro closure

Dimensions
Flat size: 7.5" x 6. 

An Outsider's Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Are (2020), by Camilla Pang PhD

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE

An instruction manual for life, love, and relationships by a brilliant young scientist whose Asperger's syndrome allows her--and us--to see ourselves in a different way...and to be better at being human

Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, she asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. With no blueprint to life, Pang began to create her own, using the language she understands best: science.

That lifelong project eventually resulted in An Outsider's Guide to Humans, an original and incisive exploration of human nature and the strangeness of social norms, written from the outside looking in--which is helpful to even the most neurotypical thinker. Camilla Pang uses a set of scientific principles to examine life's everyday interactions:

- How machine learning can help us sift through data and make more rational decisions
- How proteins form strong bonds, and what they teach us about embracing individual differences to form diverse groups
- Why understanding thermodynamics is the key to seeking balance over seeking perfection
- How prisms refracting light can keep us from getting overwhelmed by our fears and anxieties, breaking them into manageable and separate "wavelengths"

Pang's unique perspective of the world tells us so much about ourselves--who we are and why we do the things we do--and is a fascinating guide to living a happier and more connected life.

The Ankle Length SPIO® Lower Body Orthosis assists with gait and full body stability when combined with the SPIO® TLSO or Upper Body Orthosis. It assists with primary sensory awareness deficits in lower extremities and lower trunk. SPIO is a flexible bracing system that provides deep pressure for support and feedback.

• Designed with a higher back side to accommodate diapers
• Ideal for spastic diplegia, sensory awareness and stability
• Elastic waistband
• Made of a Lycra blend with multi-directional stretch
• SPIO material is lightweight, wicking and breathable

Benefits

• Improves balance
• Improves muscle control and tone
• Improves respiratory mechanics
• Decreases response latency
• Reduces involuntary movements

Need Fulfilled

• Proprioceptive and tactile input

Safety Features

• Latex free

Sizing

Tips for a Correct Fit:

For a good fit, measure each child according to the Sizing Guidelines; never select a size for your patient based on eye-balling the SPIO.

You should be able to place your hand between the child’s body (in the trunk area) and SPIO and feel significant resistance when you pull your hand away from the child’s body.

Approximately an inch of resistance is adequate. More and it’s too loose, less and it’s too tight.

Wiggle Seat Cushions help kids stay calm and focused. Wiggle Seats give them an outlet for excess energy in the classroom, during meals, and at homework time.

• Flexible nubs on one side and smaller bumps on the other give a choice for just the right amount of tactile stimulation 
• Effective on chairs, benches, or directly on floors
• An easy-inflation pump is included, and firmness can be customized to contour exactly to each child’s needs
• Holds up to 300 lbs
• Ages 3-18

Benefits

• The ergonomic disc causes the body to stabilize itself—improving posture
• Allows children who have trouble sitting still to quietly move while working enabling them to stay on task and be more productive
• Portable alternative to balance balls with the same benefits
• Helps improve mood and focus

Need Fulfilled

• Tactile and vestibular input

Safety Features

• The dark blue cushions have unique antimicrobial material that offers a proven barrier against multiple dangerous pathogens including E. Coli, Staphylococcus, and many other bacteria, fungi, and molds
• Lab safety tested
• Latex and phthalate free
  

Specs for Wiggle Seat

Diameter
13”/33cm

Wiggle Seat Cushions help kids stay calm and focused. Wiggle Seats give them an outlet for excess energy in the classroom, during meals, and at homework time.

• Flexible nubs on one side and smaller bumps on the other give a choice for just the right amount of tactile stimulation 
• Effective on chairs, benches, or directly on floors
• An easy-inflation pump is included, and firmness can be customized to contour exactly to each child’s needs
• Holds up to 300 lbs
• Ages 3-18

Benefits

• The ergonomic disc causes the body to stabilize itself—improving posture
• Allows children who have trouble sitting still to quietly move while working enabling them to stay on task and be more productive
• Portable alternative to balance balls with the same benefits
• Helps improve mood and focus

Need Fulfilled

• Tactile and vestibular input

Safety Features

• The dark blue cushions have unique antimicrobial material that offers a proven barrier against multiple dangerous pathogens including E. Coli, Staphylococcus, and many other bacteria, fungi, and molds
• Lab safety tested
• Latex and phthalate free
  

Specs for Wiggle Seat

Diameter
13”/33cm

This 'Salty' retro motel keychain is the statement piece every set of key or tote bags needs! Papersalt's collection of bright, vintage designed keychains are covered in funny (and original) sayings that will match every personality. From a little sass to a lot of snark, there’s a keychain for everyone!