What is a sensory room? A sensory room or sensory integration room is designed to provide calm, focus, and comfort to people with sensory processing problems, which often includes people with autism ...

Creating spaces in your home that make you feel good is how most of us decorate, right? We are often drawn to items that make us feel happy, that exude positive energy and stimulate peace. If not any ...

Milene Andrade tells PEOPLE she wanted her daughter to have “a space in our home to fully express herself” — and now she ...

Piece by piece, the sensory room at Thorp Elementary School is coming together. “Upon receiving the grant for schools rule, we've been doing a lot of research to look at ideas to put in our sensory ...

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (OSV News) — Percy Losardo never used to attend Mass. The 14-year-old with autism struggled to sit still in the pews when he was younger, which caused his mother, Lark, to frequently ...

Pittsburgh International Airport recently opened a suite of "sensory rooms" inside its airside terminal to help travelers on the autism spectrum decompress from the stress of flying. It's one of a ...

We discuss sensory rooms at sports facilities for kids with developmental disabilities. There are now sensory rooms at three sports venues in the Phoenix area, providing a place for children with ...

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. From organ blasts and incense to forced hugs and hand shakes, for folks who struggle to process sensory input, houses of worship can quickly feel anything but holy. That was the case ...