Autism & sensory top 10 toys and equipment 

We have the same 2am 3 hour conversations with our son about events from years ago. Thanks for relating.

I’m autistic and I have a serious issue with biting through my clothes . I have a chewi gem and it’s such a life saver :) I have sensory issues too

As an educator, this tips are expecially helpfull with neurodivergent kids, but some of them are lifesavers even with neurotipical children. Expecially the bubbles, they help a lot when kids have strong emotions, they not only are calming, but telling kids to blow some bubbles works better than telling them to take deep breaths

I have neurological disease and disorders that make me want to kick, bite, and scratch. I’ve recently gotten oral sensory toys so I don’t end up hurting myself or others. They have helped so much and I thank you for making this video showing some if the better things to use

Thank you for share I am waiting for my autism assessment I am 32 and I found that squeezamals have help me when out and about they are a cross between a ty plushie and a squishy . They are totally cute .

Mom of 4 kiddos. 1 is a sensory seeker and 2 are sensory avoiders. All of these toys/tips are LIFESAVERS even for neurotypical children♡

I have high functioning Aspergers and I am 21 and sensory toys help out a lot.

Hi Lisa. At the moment I’m studying for a teaching degree and as part of it I’m doing a presentation about autism and strategies to support pupils in school. This is such an interesting video to watch, I really enjoy your content and wanted to wish you and your family a magical Christmas! Keep doing what you’re doing because you’re amazing xx

You honestly are the most impeccable women I have ever met you are amazing, honestly and truly amazing. How you still smile and actually have humour after being sleep deprived and being thrown into this world with a child with specially needs you really do deserve flowers chocolates and a heart felt hug x

This was really interesting to watch my darling. What a fabulous mum you are. Love you xx

What a sweet darling girl! Lovely mum

I have been autistic since i was little, I have SPD born with Spina Bifida and Cerebral Palsy and have very bad sensory problems. I have and use Chewlery in a shape of a blue lego block (as i always liked Lego when i was a kid) and also have a very cute chewy lion from a company online called Chuchumz and i always use ear defenders a lot plus i have and use 4 baby blankets. I will admit I also find sucking and chewing on babies dummies very helpful and helps me to calm down a heck of a lot as i've always been very aurally stimulated with my mouth and using them helps me even more then more then my Chewlery does. I do recommend dummies for autistic children if parents are willing for there child to use them regardless of age that's of course if there children want then. What is even better is you can buy Adult Sized Dummies online for older children and us adults and these can be very helpful indeed they come with a silicone teat normally. I will even admit here i regularly also drink from babies bottles as i'm very clumsy with cups mug and glasses and (have broken so many i've lost count) and actually find them difficult to use and always end up spilling them everywhere. I do have an adult sized twin handed cup with a drinking spout a bit like a trainer cup but i'm even clumsy with that as i spill and dribble the liquid out if the spout. So drinking from baby bottles with teats is a lot easier for me personally. I do realise that dummies and bottles are not very socially exceptabel when out in public so you may want to keep those for at home because some people out there judge but they don't realise what us autistic people go through in life a lot of us see the world very differently. I also wear adult sized bibs as i have always been very messy when eating and these can be bought online as well again they can be very helpful for parents with disabled children. Another thing is because i was born with Spina Bifida i am incontinent and have no control of my bladder i have been my entire life for 43 years now so i have never been out of nappies/incontenence pads if you will. My mum was great always very excepting of my needs both as a child and as an adult and my dad is still the same to this day.

My son has just been diagnosed with autism at 3!!! Thankyou for the info xx

I have just bought one of the chewigem necklaces for my nephew based on this video- thanks so much Lisa! He hasn’t formally been diagnosed yet (despite there having been registered concerns since he was 2 and he’s now 5 in mainstream schooling and not keeping up) 😞. Hoping this will hopefully save my sister a small fortune in clothes. 💖

There’s this thing that I use and I’m autistic and it’s called a bed sock. It goes over your bed and it it tight so it makes you feel safe.

Love that your Daugher joined in the video and i thank you for making this video so helpful!

Hi my daughter is 9 years old nonverbal Autistic. Your video came across, I’m glad it. My daughter has squishy sensory toys. How’s your daughter today? Thanks!🎊 your daughter cute/funny!

I have the hair bobble and expand ball and tangle i use it for my eczema to stop scratching for school

We’re looking into a weighted blanket for Dylan and also he keeps asking for squishies so maybe Santa will bring one 😉. He used to love his pushchair and when we used it for his younger sister he would end up stopping her going in there so he could use it (this was before we knew about his autism, spd and anxiety). I’d be intrigued as to whether he’d use one again now he’s 6.5. Worth thinking about as he used it as a safe place when he was younger and when Ella had it x

Thanks for showing the stroller👍🏽

For my little daughter

I have autism and spd and stim/fidget/sensory toys helps me soooo much!

Thank you thank you! My 4 year old son and I both are autistic. He is nonverbal and his support level is 3. I had no idea this stroller even existed! We are moving in a few weeks and I've been panicking a little because we're flying and he's getting to big to carry and he likes to elope. This will help so much in the airport, thank you so much for sharing I really appreciate it!

Thank you for sharing

I would recommend candle wax it works for me because I like the textures of them like the little cube type

I have autism and ADHD and learning disabilities and l have anxaty and a little bit of depression

I chew through my clothes(I also have autism) and when I discovered chewelry, oh my god was I happy!! That meant less money spent for my mom and more clothes for me!!

As an autistic adult I would advise adult raising a royal, you can stunt her potential by programming limitations into her xx She will have a lot of strengths, push her on them.

Ive struggled with my son and your channel has helped us a lot

I am autistic and my parents never put me in a wheelchair. Yes I agree the world can be a very overwhelming place but I feel as an adult that I am better able to deal with the noises around town because of it, though I still have meltdowns occasionally. But I am now very independent and Edith could be also if you don't cater to everything and eventually she will be embarrassed by that type of chair. The toys are awesome and so is the blanket. I also have noise cancelers and ear plugs. Oh I can totally relate on the fixation phases as I tend to drive everyone nuts with mine which right now is coloring books for adults.

I have a really bad habit of biting anything that i see and swinging on my chair at school my teacher says stop swing on my chair but i cant help it i need them biting gem

This video was helpful. I have a 11 year old daughter with asd

I used to have an expand ball, I have multiple of those cuddle things (Squishmallows), I'm starting to think about asking my grandma for one of the chewing necklaces, also used to have a weighted blanket of sorts. Have not gotten officially diagnosed, but I show all the signs in the book. (In my own words. -p-)

I have 3 chews I love them so much I use them at my school and they help :)

Where did you buy the weighted blanket from

I recommend floor tiles they’re. Bit pricey there names are sensory floor tile

The blanket how are they with being washed? Do they come full size my son is 14. Still haven’t gotten the test results back for him. Hate waiting. I know he has autism and so does everyone else however it’s not been FORMALLY diagnosed. Also will be looking for that stroller chair. Wondering what is their biggest size. My nightmare that I knew would come with getting to big to sit in a grocery cart came a year ago. In store he gets way overstimulated and he could sit in the bigger part of the cart with a game headphones on and then he stay watching the screen tuning out the noise and sights. Now I am really struggling taking him anywhere because he just can’t handle it. If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them

I have autism, ADHD, social anxiety, stims, depression, and its not easy living in a cruel world with my symptoms, and sadly I have no autism toys but, I am getting one in the mail, but while I don't have it I just listen to music and it calms me

Thank you you have helped me so much

Love the vlog I have Autism & us weighted blanket & sensory toys, ear defenders. Have u heard of squeeze vest? They r great as well & exercise ball is good for sensory too 😀 Have u been on Sensory Direct website? (Fab)

This was so informative thanku so much for this ! Xxx

Can I just say as a 30 year old who was dignosed at 6 with ASD and spisific learning needs I'm smart I'm very smart but the label special needs or learning needs toataly ruiend my life because my parent thought they had to get me into a special school get me special help geuss what I was in a special school all my teachers told the head teacher I was capable of doing my GCSEs the head said no because I was statemented and my parents thought I could do it but my mum is damaged and now needs counceling because she became so obsobed by being sorounded by other special needs parents and most of the parents children were not going to be like me and as capable as me and I've found in my 30 years sometimes groups for parents of children with problems can be quite damaging it's damaged my mum and it's damaged my friends mum the dad's no not at all but our mum's got so wrapped up trying to protect us and in trying to wrap me up in cotton wool it led to more problems I now have BPD part of it stems from bullying the other part is being wrapped in cotton wool but so far your doing a good job with your daughter so go on mum

Could u do a video on hypo mobility please my daughter has got it but need some more information please xx like does she still need a pushchair

I just subscribed! Thank you!

I don’t have autism but I have dermatophagia. I’m constantly biting the inside of cheeks and my lips and I can’t seem to stop. I recently bought a chew toy and I hope will help out, because it starting to sting really bad when I eat

I have special needs to I have learning disability and speech problems I had delay of talking to

Aww hugs from Maddi and I from Canada. New subscribers here

I don’t have austim but I have a friend who have it she have this chewy stick look on eBay

Lisa my son has started the chewing thing on his clothes did any of your other children do it or just little one? Not sure if it's a thing he's going through or sign of something up. I may get one of those necklaces for him as he's chewing holes in everything and breaking zips on jackets xxx

Lol ahhh the fixation cycles ugh my son goes crazy watching videos on you tube obsessively even food can become a fixation.

I have autism too I am a 16 year old girl

Thank you, it's always helpful to see what other autistics use. As an adult my weighted blanket is bigger than me and I only have a good sleep if I use it. The dawn side is that I can't use it in summer XD.

Toby rubs squishies on his face :)

I love this video you have no idea what it means to me since I’m new to al of this

I have ASD and hypomobility ( if u don’t know about hypo mobility one of the symptoms is where your joints hurt)

Where did I get all these sensory toys from ?

What to ear defenders feel like

Cool

Am autistic and I have sensory issues I hate different smells different fellings different color of. Food and. I hate it when someone picks there nose 😊

Wobble cushions or move and sit cushions

Do you think a weighted blanket might work for a child that just doesn't sleep - no identified special needs as such just likes to wake up a lot! This was a great idea for a video and I'm sure will help lots of people x

My lil one starting to chew everythin xx he’s 8 diagnosed with asd/adhd an xyy syndrome x he’ only started chewing things about 12onths ago an I jus don’t know what to x he’s also a non sleeper but will sleep about 2-3hrsa night x

Were did you get the chewy toy? My son needs those bad. All his shirts are a mess

I have that toy

What is the max child height for the McLaren major elite stroller?

Shopping bag depth and size?

I like earmuffs at the table, so I don't feel as many painful vibrations in my head while I'm eating

I have autism and I like sensory toys and I would like a sensory box like sensory crate pls thxs

I am autistic I can’t listen to noise

I dont have autism but I do have a habit of biting and chewing on things

2024 anyone 😂 2:01

Why do u have a push chair for a seven year old even with autism I’m autistic and I stopped being a buggy at a reasonable age probably

I youse tangul and sqishy