Practice Before the Night: A Halloween Plan for Families of Children with Autism and Sensory Differences

• By: Meaghan Timko, MS, BCBA Special Needs Care Network
• October 21st, 2026
• adhd, applied behavior analysis, costume sensory issues, family support, Halloween, sensory differences, services, trick-or-treating
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Halloween falls on Saturday this year, which means families still have time for a practice run at their own front door. Starting now gives parents of kids with autism, ADHD, or sensory differences time to address the parts that usually go wrong. Meaghan Timko, MS, BCBA, Advisor on Behavior...

Making Room: What Practical Classroom Support Looks Like

• By: Farhan Ur Rehman Khan Health Info Guides
• September 3rd, 2026
• AAC, autism education, autistic students, classroom support, communication access, sensory differences, stimming, transitions
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Imagine a ten-year-old being asked to put away a tablet and join the reading circle. They do not move. A teacher's aide repeats the instruction, a little louder and a little slower, as though volume were the missing ingredient. The student still does not move. In another classroom, a teacher...

Sensory Scanning for Self-Advocacy

• By: Valerie Paradiz, PhD
• January 1st, 2013
• environmental accommodations, executive functioning, self-advocacy, sensory differences, sensory processing, sensory scan, sensory systems, supports, workplace and school challenges
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Many individuals with autism, like myself, have challenges with the sensory world. Sometimes these challenges are difficult for us to identify, and quite often it’s even harder for those around us to see or understand them. Our senses provide our brains with information about the environment,...