Why Talk Small?

Talk Small is a site where parents of kids with autism spectrum disorders and sensory integration issues can share their home therapy and coping ideas to crack the code of these unique little brains.

We want to know how you get your hands dirty teaching, coping, and learning from your unconventional kid with specific strategies, activities and ideas.

Share your ideas: TalkSmall@talksmallforkids.com.
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Autism Vox: Try the cocoa!

Here’s a link to a great story on Autism Vox, another parent blog: A boy won’t try hot chocolate, although he loves chocolate milk. Mom sticks his fingers in it. He licks them off, smiles, and drinks it all down. Sensory issues can be useful in trumping other issues, and vice versa.

Mom shares her fave autism sites

Autism mom Jessica from Pensacola, Fla., offers some of her favorite sites (aside from Talk Small, of course) for information and tools, games, printables and other online activity. Thanks, Jessica!

jacobslessons.com – If you are wanting to get your kid on the computer and also get some ABA-type teaching, this is a good site. It’s free, [...]

Talk Small mom Amber B. puts In-Your-Face Elmo to work

Amber B. of Toledo, Ohio, is making the terrifying Chicken Dance Elmo earn his keep:

I love the ideas here! So many workable solutions – sometimes a common problem for an uncommon child requires a bit of different thinking!

I know for our family, one particular moment of inspiration came from an ill-fated gift. See, my 4-year-old [...]

Talk Small advice from a mom in Oz!

I was rambling around the internet and found this great story from Sarah, who lives in Perth, Australia. I thought her story and idea were so cool, I asked if I could nab it for Talk Small, and she said yes!

Here is Sarah’s story about helping her son recognize and cope with his train fixation:

This [...]


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