What is a sensory room? A sensory room or sensory integration room is designed to provide calm, focus, and comfort to people with sensory processing problems, which often includes people with autism ...

Creating spaces in your home that make you feel good is how most of us decorate, right? We are often drawn to items that make us feel happy, that exude positive energy and stimulate peace. If not any ...

It started as a Christmas surprise, but for one Massachusetts mom, it quickly became something much bigger: a space where her daughter could feel calm, creative and completely herself. When Milene ...

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) opened KultureCity ’s 1,000th sensory room, expanding its commitment to accessibility and inclusion for all visitors.

Winter sensory bins have saved countless gray January afternoons in my house. When the temperature drops and everyone’s stuck inside, these simple setups have given my kids something tactile and ...

Children who are sensitive to sensory overload will have a new quiet space at the Birmingham Zoo. The room, which can be found near the main entrance, is named “Libby’s Sensory Room” in honor of Libby ...

Where most people simply saw a school storage closet, Stacey Nelson saw a place where special needs elementary school students could get transformative care. Nelson applied for and received a $4,500 ...

Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD), the Rays designed and constructed a Sensory Room with the intent to provide a safe space for those with sensory processing needs. Located in Suite 45 ...

Milene Andrade tells PEOPLE she wanted her daughter to have “a space in our home to fully express herself” — and now she heads straight there every day Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...