Jumping to Success
I was ready to begin my search for answers. I came across the use of trampolines in therapy for autistic children and thought, oh that is the thing for her! Now mind you, at this point, there was again: no touching, no eye contact, no recognition of others in the room, no play, etc. We bought the trampoline, set it up and immediately she knew what to do. She jumped her little heart out. Within days we started to reap the benefits. We started receiving eye contact, smiles, recognition of people (especially daddy), and many other things. The first toy that she picked up and could play with “appropriately” after this therapy began (after many months of turning over and spinning the wheels on it) was the rolling xylophone. When she picked up that stick and started belting out those notes, I cried. That trampoline was the best $100 I’ve ever spent in my life.
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That is so fantastic 🙂 We love our trampoline – both my girls benefit immensely from the proprioceptive input it provides. I was also lucky enough to obtain a free standing hammock that we put in our lounge room. After a hard day at school my 7yo loves to come home and swing for a while – she finds it very calming.
That is awesome!! What wonderful progress.
@martialwu@xanga -and thanks to other therapies she is doing even better, can even say part of the alphabet! Thank you for your encouraging words. Blessings to you!
i cried while i read your story, thanks for your sharing !