Our son, Seth, had brain damage at birth. This is a personal account of raising a child with additional/special needs. It may be just a cathartic process for me but I hope that it becomes more and that other parents find it helpful, through shared experiences
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Well the 'craft project' has had mixed results (see previous post where I stuck photos of Seth's daily activities to card). I rarely used it to explain Seth his day; I discovered that I had put them too low down on the wall. Whilst prone he can't comfortably see any of them and when he's standing they are too low. However, I have discovered quite how much Seth uses his feet at night; he has enjoyed rubbing his feet against the different textures I had stuck to the letters and has rubbed all of these and all the glitter off. So, I have moved the ones that are still intact higher up the wall and will recreate the others. & now I want to make something specifically for his feet to play with! I was thinking of putting a large touch pad on the wall with which he could turn his light on, but I don't even know how to start with that. The idea came to me when Seth was playing in a sensory room with pads that played music when touched. So if anyone has any knowledge about this please let me know.
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additional needs,
sensory equipment,
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Gremlin -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/arcadebuttons.php - do 80mm diameter arcade switches that you could hook up to low-voltage lighting (ie, lights with a transformer or batteries rather than ones powered straight off the mains). They could easily be foot-operated. It's a great idea to have foot operated switches - might have to try my Jamie with them. Special needs kit like this is stupidly expensive; the arcade ones are about a tenner and just need a little DIY to mount.
brilliant, thanks for the suggestion.
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