If you’ve read a parenting blog or listened to a parenting podcast lately, you’ve likely heard the term “sensory play” being tossed around. But what is sensory play? In short, sensory play is a ...

Autism spectrum disorders are generally thought to be caused by deficits in brain development, but a study in mice now suggests that at least some aspects of the disorder -- including how touch is ...

A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a comprehensive review of differences in sensory processing for people with ...

A recent study has overturned a common belief about how a certain class of proteins in the spinal cord regulate the formation of nervous system cells -- called neurons -- during embryonic development.

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche, has discovered that the ...

When our children err, we have a responsibility to respond in a way that meets a developmental need. Yet when my daughters freak out, I freak out. As a therapist, I love to say that to the extent that ...

Harriet Dempsey-Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — We Rock the Spectrum announced a new sensory gym that caters to all children with all abilities. According to a news release, the sensory gym is a safe haven for all children, offering ...