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Favorite products for my autistic son
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items You’ll find all of our favorite sensory products, favorite toys, hygiene products and things to help encourage strengthening for our autistic son
My son loves using this crash pad at therapy to burn energy as well as using OT and PT skills to maneuver around it
Crash Mat & Pad | Sensory Rooms & Safe Play
My son loves to be in movement and has always loved swinging since he was a baby, and this is a great sensory friendly swing to hold more weight now that hes older
Compression Sensory Swing
We use this at home to work on balance, stepping on and off, jumping off of
Balance Stepping Stones
This can be used in so many ways to help him, whether it’s letting him stim and bounce on top, working on his core muscles by rolling on belly back and forth, laying on back and doing crunches to sit up, having him kick or push against it.
Exercise Balls & Accessories
This has been great for my son to work on his balance as well as motor and ankle strengthening
Balance Boards
Gives great sensory input, good activity to keep him busy
Kinetic Sand | One Pile of Sand, Endless Possibilities
Noise cancellation headphones, work great to bring along to sporting events, parades, flights, or any loud crowded area where it might feel more comfortable to have them on
Headphones for Children and Teens with Autism
We love this wagon to accommodate getting our autistic 5 year old around when he chooses not to walk, or when I need to keep him next to me if a busy area so he stays contained and it has a 5 point harness while comfortably seating him, areas for his...
wonderfold
Gives good compression, hug, body awareness feeling, can sometimes help stay asleep
Weighted Blanket For Kids
My son loves winding down at night listening to his to tonie box, he loves playing with all of his characters and picking a different one every night before bed to listen to their songs or stories, great screen free option
tonies
Our current favorite tonie to listen to at night, follow along with a half hour of peppa tell stories
Peppa Pig: On the Road with Peppa Tonie
Case that can be used on IPad, we specifically use ours as his AAC device to talk for him
ProCase Kids Case for iPad A16 11th Gen
Loves this toy at therapy, keeps him occupied the whole time they work on OT skills, hand eye coordination dropping the coins in the piggy bank and it can also make sounds
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Piggy Bank
Another great game he loves to play at therapy to get him engaged and working on fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, colors
Catch & Count Magnetic Fishing Rod Set
First life vest brand we’ve found in 5 years that he actually likes and tolerates keeping on in the water! Made of a super soft vinyl foam, doesn’t feel rough or scratchy on his skin, uscg approved. He’s gained so much confidence in the water this su...
Brands | SuperSoft
He has currently been liking this electric toothbrush we use every day in his favorite character. Helps give a better brush to the teeth while also giving that oral feedback and stimulation and he tolerates brushing pretty well
Oral-B Kid's Battery Toothbrush Buzz Lightyear
We own so many of these it’s one of my favorite products. My son has a tendency to squeeze things, throw things.. including his favorite pouch’s which these days is about all he’ll eat. So these really come in handy to go on top on each pouch as a si...
ChooMee SoftSip Food Pouch Top No Spill
My autistic son has always suffered from constipation. This has been something we’ve been putting dropper fulls of it in his yogurt pouch to shake up before we give to him and he hasn’t seemed to notice and it’s been helping to soften his poops and g...
NDF Pooper
They use these adaptive scissors with my son at school to practice cutting independently, but with some help
Adaptive Scissors & Cutting Aids | Daily Living Aids
These jumbo crayons make it easier for him to hold in his hand to try coloring, good for working on fine motor
Special Needs Crayons
We own at least 10 pairs of these shoes from over the years with my son, not only are they so easy to put on with a zipper that goes all the way around so he can just place his whole foot in, it also works great with his custom smo orthotics he has t...
Styles for Toddlers
Great for use in the bathroom or in bedroom, our son has two different ones he uses to get in and out of his bed and also to reach our sink in the bathroom
Kids' Step Stools
This was great to use when we first introduced our son to potty training to put over our regular toilet while also giving him hand and foot supports which was important for making him feel safe and comfortable
Best toilet step stool? : r/pottytraining
This was a great first potty to have when starting with potty training, just his size, he could comfortably keep his feet on the floor and it had the splash guard in front for boys and this is ultimately what he potty trained on first
Comfy potty chair in lovely colors | BabyBjörn
What we used while potty training our son, good coverage, held up for hours with hardly any leaking and comfortable for our autistic son as well as having familiar characters on them
Potty Training Products, Supplies & Advice | Pull-Ups® US
My son loves his tonie box! He listens to it every night before he falls asleep and has helped with our bedtime routine. We have multiple tonie characters for his to pick songs and stories from to listen too. He often loves playing with the character...
Tonies
A good favorite we listen to at bedtime with 30 minutes of all our favorite Dr suess books being read to them
Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat Tonie
These are a staple for my son, we by these weekly because it is a yogurt in pouch form that my son will eat
YogurtZ | Squeeze Yogurt Pouches On the Go
We currently have these child locks on all of our drawers at our house to prevent our son from from getting in a taking things we don’t want him too
Walmart Supercenter
We love using this simple adhesive child lock on our sliding deck door to prevent our son from eloping since he knows how to unlock the actual door now. We just put this up high enough and it blocks the door from sliding open
Sliding Patio & Door Locks
My son loves his water table in the summer
Best Sand & Water Tables
Love these reusable water balloon, we’ve bought many packages of them
Reusable Water Balloons
Great starter for my son to start working on batting and hand eye coordination
TOMLEON T Ball Stand for Kids Toddlers
He recently got this game for his birthday and loves it
Pop the Pig
We used a lot of these picture charts in the beginning to get him to point to what he wanted since he couldn’t talk
Free Printable Visual Schedules and Daily Routine Charts for Children
These work great to visualize what is happening in his day and what is coming next
Why & How to Use Visual Schedules
We’ve been using this for two years now for my autistic son just to give me peace of mind in case he were to elope when in a crowded place, I also send it on the bus with him to school so I can see where he is at all times. Great product
AngelSense
We now have 3 sets of these and are great for keeping my son occupied and allowing him to build and work on fine motor skills
Magna-Tiles
My boys love playing with these and little do they know it’s great for working their fine motor skills, we offer use these in therapy to stick to windows, tables, the fridge and let them keep pulling them off
Squigz
We love usborne and have so many of these cute books that keep my boys engaged
Gift Guide to Books That Promote Fine Motor Skills
Modified tricycle for your toddler that you can push if they are not yet capable of pedaling themselves
Tricycles for Kids & Toddlers | Radio Flyer
These are easy and simple to use for our sliding deck door to keep the kids from opening it unattended, and no drilling holes in the wall
Toddleroo by North States Sliding Door & Window Lock