Parenting in the era of screens is no easy task. Screens are all around us, and there’s certainly no shortage of programming options for young kids. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers ...

Humans and other animals actively sense their surrounding environment. This entails the deliberate adjustment of motor ...

Unfortunately, because the focus was on behaviors, no-one ever made the connection between the sensory stressors in the environment, and the pain that they created for me. No-one seemed to even be ...

Early exposure to TV and other forms of screen time can have a profound impact on infants and toddlers, according to a new study conducted by Drexel University researchers. The study found that young ...

Stimming, in all its forms, reflects our shared need for grounding, an expression of the connection between body and mind. Self-stimulatory behaviors are often associated with autism, but in truth, ...

From televisions in living rooms to tablets in playrooms, digital screens have become common in homes everywhere. Toddlers today encounter screens far more often than children in previous generations.

A new study lends further evidence that the social behaviors tied to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emerge from abnormal function of sensory neurons outside the brain. A new study from Penn Medicine ...

East Hanover, NJ. November 21, 2019. A team of researchers published new findings about the role of sensory processing and disease characteristics in the functional status of individuals with multiple ...

Outer Banks Voice For many Outer Banks families, a visit with Santa is part of the seasonal rhythm — a line, a photo, a few hurried words before moving along. For others, ...