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Some benefits of Magnesium

April is Autism awareness month
Let’s continue to learn and educate!

Stimming can help to regulate the body. It can help a person calm down, gain control of their senses, communicate, destress, focus, express emotions, cope to prevent meltdown, decrease anxiety, and more. A person may stim more when overstimulated or feeling strong emotions (both positive and negative)- and sometimes they do it just because it feels good!

DO:
Think about your own biases when you see a person stimming and accept it as okay
✅ Talk to children about the benefits some experience when stimming to help normalize it
✅ Provide stim toys and give sensory breaks
✅ Redirect stims that involve self-harm (head banging, scratching, etc). If you can figure out the root-cause, and take steps to prevent before it occurs, that is best!
DONT:
Block non-harmful stims
Say “quiet hands”, “quiet body”
Stare, ask if person is “okay”, or make judgements

April is Autism Awareness Month!
Lets talk about it and educate!

April is Occupational Therapy month
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