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Developing a Career Makes Life Satisfying
Temple Grandin, on of the formost voices in the field of autism, shares her thoughts on developing a satisfying work life and making sense of the social world. From the inside. A must read.
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National Organization On Disability - Religion And Disability Program
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
This interfaith program from the National Organization on Disability (NOD) urges local congregations, national denominational groups and seminaries to remove architectural, communication and attitudinal barriers.
Many people with disabilities find places of worship not as accessible or welcoming as they could be. The N.O.D. Religion and Disability Program, urges local congregations, national denominational groups and seminaries to remove architectural, communication and attitudinal barriers. N.O.D.'s award-winning series of interfaith guides, "That All May Worship", "Loving Justice", and "From Barriers to Bridges", help religious communities identify and remove obstacles to a full life of faith for people with disabilities.
NOD Religion and Disability Program
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Why do they put everything in their mouths?
One of the earliest fine moter skill children develop is the skill of "sensation". Sensation is the skill we use to tell the difference between a quarter and a dime by touch without needing to look at the coins.
Cognitively young children have their best sensation descrimination in their mouths. By mouthing objects and then feeling them with their hands, children correlate the sensations from two different sensory input channels.
,This "sensory intgration" helps them to tune up the sensory apparatus in the hands. As the hands become more sensitive, children will need to put things in their mouths less and less.
During this oral stage it is important to offer many textured grasp and handle toys. Dragonfly offers a full collection of well designed and easy to handle toys of this type.