Creating opportunities for interactions is key when working with any child, but it is especially important when working with children with autism. ABA often gets a bad rap for being staid or leaving a kid stuck at a table doing discrete trials for hours on end. In reality, it should be neither! Whil…

When Evelyn (or Eve, as she is fondly called) was 4 months old, doctors found out that she had cancer. Her stage four neuroblastoma tumor couldn’t be removed, so she had to go through 8 rounds of Chemotherapy. Although her cancer is now in remission, she has been paralyzed from her arms down. …

Taking photos of everyday objects and scenery around us has become a way of life. All it takes these days is to whip out our smart phone and start taking photos of people, food, beloved pets around us, and all the places we go to. However, taking photos with a smartphone may be a challenge for peopl…

Gear up for the school year with our site-wide flashcards sale! This week, you can take 15% off any set of flashcards from our website or catalog with promo code BTSCARDS at check-out! Products featured (left to right): Classifying with Seasons Fun Deck; Language Builder Picture Cards; Story Predic…

Oticon Opn, the next generation of hearing aids, does a lot more than just helping deaf or hard of hearing people hear. Besides fitting discretely behind a person’s ears, Oticon Opn also makes hearing multiple speakers in noisy environments, and improves their ability to understand speech in c…

In order to help children on the Autism spectrum (as well as their parents) understand, and get more comfortable with the process of flying – going to the airport, checking in, getting boarding passes, going through security, walking to the gate, and boarding the flight – a Missouri not …

// Creating effective meetings with your child’s BCBA and other service providers can be difficult. In this month’s ASAT feature, Preeti Chojar, Board Member of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), shares some valuable tips about how parents can make the most out of these me…

In order to provide a convenient way to go to the bathroom and bathe, Go! Mobility Solutions has shower wheelchairs and commode chairs that provide comfort and safety to people in wheelchair or those with limited mobility. The chairs are lightweight, portable and very easy to carry, and can be assem…

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Get a head start on helping your child improve their handwriting skills before the school year begins! This week, take 15% off our handwriting programs and tools with promo code WRITE15 at checkout! Jumbo triangular pencils are just right for the student who is making the transition from using grips…

Smartphones have made consuming information and communicating with people we know a lot more easier, and great accessibility features, including speech to text, have made navigating phone apps and writing messages more convenient, especially for blind people. However, there are times when speech to …

YuniDetect, an external add-on for wheelchairs, is an upcoming product that can help people in powered wheelchairs live their lives independently and safely without having to rely on family, friends, and caregivers. The add-on, which consists of various sensors, detects objects and people around the…

Many parents choose to “ground” their kids when they make poor decisions. Maybe they lose access to video games for a week, or can’t watch TV for a month. Grounding in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Here are a few considerations: If you keep grounding your kid for the same behavior, …

Joey Travolta Film Camp, which is run by John Travolta’s brother Joey Travolta, is a film camp for people with Autism. At this camp, Joey, along with volunteers, teaches people between the ages of 8 and 28, the great art of film making, and exposes them to all the components of it – writ…