Yoga for Autistics and People with Special Needs According to the statistics, about 1 percent of the global population belongs to the Autistic and Special Needs segment. The Autism and Special Needs Male to Female ratio is around 4:3:1. Owing to its progressive statistics which increases every year, the condition is a matter of immense
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A week-long bike camp for challenged kids during the summer of 2016 was a collaboration between Easter Seals Nova Scotia and Autism Nova Scotia. What a wonderful initiative! Knowing how to ride a bike is an important skill that individuals can use all their lives.
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Friendship Circle has organized for the third consecutive year a Great Bike Giveaway for kids and young adults with special needs. This is a national contest (for folks in the US) giving away adaptive bikes to children with special needs. Friendship Circle is partnering with these bike companies to provide some of the best adaptive bikes to the children and young adults who need them most.
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Having a special needs child comes with unique challenges, and as a parent you’re already probably aware of that fact. However one particularly unique challenge is finding ways to keep your child active in a world where many special needs children can’t participate in certain activities.
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Folks behind our Special Needs Blog thank Amy Lawson for her excellent guest post on parenting. Her post, Keeping Kids Fit: A Family Plan for Raising Healthy, Active Children, explains very well how moms impact the well being of their child even during pregnancy.
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It is an undisputed fact that young and old must strive for a healthy lifestyle. This means kids, teens and adults must keep mentally and physically fit. Children with special needs most definitely benefit from having a balance in all aspects of their life: social, physical, and mental. My post today will bring out the benefits of physical activity for a child with special needs and what is available to make this happen.
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If you’re a parent, chances are you’re constantly advocating for doors to open for a better life for your child. A fit child has the odds stacked in his favor for a better life everything from a hearty appetite, to increase attention for seat work, to a good night’s rest. Also physical activity is important because usually inactive children are likely to become inactive adults. Parents can be role models for an active lifestyle. Lead by example, make physical activities a family affair and best of all play and have fun!
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Teachers and kids are looking forward to it but many parents hate when it rolls around…Yes, it’s Spring Break time again. How can families remove some of the STRESS of Spring Breaks? Many working parents must take time off to care for their children and they want this free week from school and work to be a happy, family event. How to plan Spring Break activities for kids without breaking the bank? Should you be looking for educational, scheduled, paid for activities or just enjoy free from routine, spur of the moment, fun things to do?
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Jill Howlett Mays, MS, OTR/L was my guest on The Coffee Klatch Tweetchat I hosted a few years back. We had a marvelous session on some of the topics covered in her book Your Child’s Motor Development Story Understanding and Enhancing Development from Birth to Their First Sport that came out in the Fall of 2011. Our topic of discussion was Importance of “Play” for Kids, Tweens, and Teens. For the first segment of our session I had a Q&A period with Jill and then it was Open Forum so participants could tweet questions or comments.
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Michael Phelps became the most decorated athlete in Olympic history at the London 2012 Games! The 27-year-old swimmer had equaled the Russian swimmer, Larisa Latynina’s record of 18 medals earlier the same evening winning a silver in the 200m Butterfly
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