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Outdoor sensory play activities provide the opportunity to immerse young minds in their senses in a new environment. Ranging from different textures to touch, scents to breathe in, or colors to gaze at, outdoor sensory play can be beneficial for a range of requirements, using a variety of outdoor sensory play equipment from nature and our Sensory Backpack.
Why use sensory activities for autism?
According to a leading autism charity, The National Autistic Society, around 700,000 people are on the autism spectrum, so it’s more important than ever to prioritize understanding autism. Autism and Asperger’s affects three main areas of a person’s life:
For children with autism, there are many things throughout the day that can unexpectedly trigger stress and frustrations. Whether this is through the sensory overload of sound, touch, or something else, autistic children can struggle to process and communicate these experiences. Here are seven calming strategies for autism to help alleviate signs of stress. Each child responds differently, and so it's all about trying different autism calming techniques and finding out what works to calm sensory overload in autism.
If you walk into a multisensory room, you will more than likely see some very attractive, color changing strands - sensory fiber optic strands. These spaghetti-like strands full of light can take on the form of a variety of presentations and are very useful for stimulating both vision and touch. Sensory fiber optics can be used to entice individuals to interact with their sensory room environment. The benefits of fiber optic light for children help those with neuro differences such as Autism, ADHD, sensory integration dysfunction, learning differences, and Alzheimer’s. And we know that fiber optics benefit sensory integration and sensory processing enabling those with sensory challenges to engage with their environment.
