Visual Schedule Boards
I don't know about you, but summer was pretty crazy for us. Between traveling, late nights, long days and so many fun activities we are pretty burnt out and ready to get back to a consistent schedule. We thrive on routines over here so summer tends to be pretty dis-regulating for the whole family. A few years ago I designed a visual schedule board to help us get through the day and it was a game changer. With the help of my autistic older brother and my daughters input we've perfected it over the years and made it fully customizable so that its accessible to anyone that could use a visual representation of their day.
Sensory Items We Love
As a neurodivergent household, we have a few sensory items laying around. There are a few that have held up over the years and are incredibly popular with my kids, so let’s talk about them!
Visual Aids We Have in Our Home
If you are new here, I have created a bunch of digital downloads available on my website. There's a number of free downloads, and then there are a bunch of other ones that are available for purchase for $5 each. I've created these over the years mostly for my daughter. She is nine and she's autistic. Over time, we've discovered there are certain things we've needed in our home like a social story or a life skill, just things we thought we should have available every day.
Creating a Neurodivergent Accessible Home *Updated*
A while ago, I wrote a post about curating a neurodivergent home. We realized the standard way of living we were raised with or that we saw other people living simply didn't work for our family. We have come up with systems that DO work for our family. This post really resonated with a lot of people, but as time went on and our home and needs changed, I figured other people would like to see how things changed as our family and needs changed too. Here are our updated ways to make our neurodivergent home work for us.